Benin-Delta to experience outage for 2 weeks as TCN commences repairs
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that from Saturday, May 4th to 17th 2024, it will commence the erection of two (2) number 132kV transmission towers at its Amukpe Transmission Substation and will equally restring a portion of the Benin-Delta and Delta-Oghara 132kV double circuit transmission lines.
A statement by Ndidi Mbah, General Manager (Public Affairs) during the weekend said consequently, Amukpe Substation will be out for the duration of the work.
Mbah said bulk power supply to Benin DisCo through the following feeders: the ADEJE, INDUSTRIAL, WOODLAND, MOSOGAR, SAPELE (SAPELE) and ABRAKA feeders will be out of bulk power supply for the period.
She noted that the outage is necessary to create a safe working environment for the contractor, while adding that the completion of the projects will put in place N-1 redundancy that would enable TCN to supply bulk electricity to the substation from either the Benin or Ughelli transmission line.
“This means that when one transmission line is faulty, bulk electricity can still be received in the substation from the second line.
“TCN apologises for the inconvenience electricity consumers supplied from the substation will experience within the period, but notes that the projects will help ensure a more flexible and consistent bulk power supply through the Amukpe Transmission Substation”, Mbah said.
