TCN says Delta to experience partial blackout on January 8

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that some parts of Delta state will experience a three-hour power outage on Wednesday.

In a statement on Tuesday, Ndidi Mbah, general manager of public affairs at TCN, said the expected blackout is due to maintenance at the Delta 132/33kV transmission substation from 10am to 1pm.

“The maintenance aims to address a fault on the 132kV Delta1 busbar,” Mbah said.

“Consequently, the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) will not be able to offtake power to supply Agbarho/Eku, Otovwodo/Patani, Ughelli/Shell, Beta Glass, Aladja, Isoko/Kwale, and Imoniyame.

“Additionally, customers on the 33kV Effurun, Enerhen, PTI, Sapele, Refinery 1, Refinery 2, and Warri feeders, which emanate from the Effurun Transmission Substation, will also be affected.”

Mbah said TCN apologises for the inconvenience and assures that the power supply will resume immediately after the maintenance exercise.

On January 3, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) announced that power supply in Abuja will be disrupted from January 6 to 21.

AEDC said the blackout is due to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) relocating feeder and transmission line towers along the outer southern expressway.