Scheduled Maintenance In Enugu To Boost Power Supply — TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said Tuesday that the scheduled attraction of its New Haven Transmission Substation successful Enugu State would tally from Oct. 22 to Oct. 31.

This is contained successful a connection made disposable to newsmen successful Abuja connected Tuesday.

TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said that the preventive attraction and reinforcement workout of its New Haven 132/33 Kilo Volt(KV ) volition clasp betwixt 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily.

”This indispensable task aims to upgrade the station’s capableness to heighten the reliability and prime of bulk powerfulness proviso to Enugu and its surroundings.

”TCN wishes to clarify that this is not a full strategy shutdown for Enugu; to minimise disruption, the enactment has been cautiously planned to impact lone 1 33kV feeder per day, connected a rotational basis.

”Given that 24 33kV feeders proviso Enugu, this statement ensures that astir parts of the authorities volition proceed to person powerfulness proviso portion the attraction is ongoing.

”The workout requires the impermanent isolation of circumstantial 33kV feeders to guarantee the information of TCN method crews and the extortion of instrumentality nether maintenance, ”she said.

Mbah listed the affected feeders, scheduled connected a rotational ground arsenic follows: Oct.22: Kingsway Line 2 Feeder, Oct. 23: Emene Line 1 Feeder, Oct.24: Thinkers Corner Feeder.

Others are connected Oct. 25, Transekulu Feeder, Oct. 26, Kingsway Line 1 Feeder, Oct. 28, Emene Line 2 Feeder, Oct. 29: Ugwogo Feeder and connected Oct.31, Itukuozalla Feeder.

The institution says that customers successful areas serviced by these feeders, volition acquisition powerfulness interruption lone connected the time their circumstantial feeder is isolated.

”TCN appreciates the knowing and practice of each energy consumers arsenic it carries retired this captious reinforcement project, designed to guarantee a much robust and businesslike powerfulness transmission web successful the agelong term, ”she said.