EEDC loses N15m to Aba Power Outage

Fri, Feb 16, 2018 | By publisher


Energy Briefs

Circuit breaker failure damages 91 transformers worth N15 million leading to power outages in Aba, Abia State

 

THE Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has lost more than N15 million to power outage as result of equipment failure at the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, which has thrown Aba, Abia State into darkness.

Chukwuemeka Eze, head, communications, EEDC, said the blackout happened on Saturday, February 10, following a Circuit Breaker failure at TCN, Aba station.

Eze, who made this known in an interview, said the circuit breaker failure had caused the disconnection of some EEDC feeders in Aba resulting in the blackout being experienced in most parts of the commercial city since February 10. He said the failure affected 91 transformers causing power outage in most parts of Aba for more than a week now.

According to him, the affected transformers were located in areas within Aba North, Aba South and Obingwa Local Government Areas. He noted that areas most affected were Ogbor Hill, Housing Estate, Ehere, Akwarandu, Ikot Ekpene road and New Phase of Umuobe.

Eze noted that all the affected customers being served from the EEDC’s IGI 33KV and Opobo Road 11KV Feeders are out of supply now. He, however, said the circuit breaker failure was getting urgent attention to ensure timely restoration of electricity to the affected customers.

He said the company regretted the inconveniences the disruption had caused its customers and assured them of speedy re-connection once the problem was solved.

– Feb.  16, 2018 @ 13:28 GMT |

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