By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said it's load intake in some parts of Abuja has been significantly reduced by 65% of the daily load wheeled to it following the commencement of the installation of the 2x60MVA 132/33kV Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) by the TCN in Gwarinpa, Abuja on Wednesday October 27, 2021.
According to a statement at the weekend by the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc, Mr Oyebode Fadipe, the exercise is expected to last till November 9, 2021.
As a result of this exercise by the TCN, however, the AED Plc can only take 40MW out of the 140MW it hitherto received from TCN for distribution to customers fed from the Kubwa 2 X 60MVA 132/33kV transmission station (AT4).
"Kubwa TS serves Dawaki, Bwari, Dei dei and Kubwa 33kV injection substations in Abuja. The 40MW is shared between Suleja and Kubwa transmission stations on the basis of 20MW each.
"In order not to keep the feeders out completely, the load carried by the Kubwa 2 X 60MVA 132/33kV substation has been diverted to the Suleja transmission station and this has led to the massive loadshedding currently experienced by AED Plc customers who take power from the aforementioned feeders", Fadipe said in the statement.
However, areas affected, according to Fadipe's statement, includes Dawaki, Dei dei, Kubwa, Gbazango, Suleja, Gwagwa, Iddu Karmo, parts of Life Camp and Gwarinpa, I-Pent Estate, EFAB Metropolis and Mab-Global Estate. Others are Zuba, Kaduna Road, Bwari, Dutse, Lower Usman Dam, Dantata Estate, Kubwa, Zuma, Gauraka, Dikko, Deidei International Building Materials Market and environs.
The AEDC therefore appealed to its customers to please bear with the power company as, according them, the exercise is intended to accommodate more demands and create room for improved service delivery. NNL.
