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As a contingency measure, the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) and the Electricity Utility Service Providers have rolled out plans to ensure that consumers watch uninterrupted football matches during the World Cup tournament. In a statement signed by Nana Yaa Jantuah, the Public Relations Officer of the PURC, after long deliberations, it was agreed that all available generating units should be on stream during the tournament, maintenance personnel shall be posted to man critical substations and installations during the match periods to ensure expeditious restoration of electricity in the unlikely event of an unplanned outage or an emergency. In addition all key personnel would be put on standby alert during the period. According to her, PURC has requested ECG and NEDco to furnish the public of its entire fault reporting lines to enable consumers call them whenever there are faults in the system. Also, as part of the discussions it was agreed that Ghana will get 50megawatts of extra electricity from La Cote D�Ivoire during the times Ghana would be playing since our matches do not run concurrently. Arrangements are also being made with VALCO to reduce energy consumption during periods when Ghana would be playing. However, it must be noted that in spite of the fact that these measure will be put in place, the Load shedding Schedule arrangement, though varied, still exists. The PURC has therefore assured consumers that it would be critically monitoring the situation during the World Cup season to ensure that all these plans as discussed are put in place to bring about a level of electricity supply reliability during the World Cup tournament.