- Ikeja Electric announces an 8-week long power outage
- The outage will affect customers in some parts of Lagos state
- TCN to carry out works on transmission infrastructure
Ikeja Electric has announced an 8-week long power outage in parts of Lagos state. In a press conference by the Chief Technical Officer, Ikeja Electric Mr Olajide Kumapayi, announced this at a news briefing on Monday in Ikeja Electric announced the plans of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to undertake a comprehensive upgrade of 132kV transmission lines from Ikeja West to Ota and Alimosho. The outages are to begin on October 11th.
”The TCN is currently embarking on the upgrade of the 132KV lines from Ikeja West to Ota and Alimosho in stages. This is the second stage.” Kumapayi said.
”The TCN is replacing all the aluminium conductors with gap conductors, which is more sophisticated to withstand heat and has more capacity to carry current.”
”The implication of this is that from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day, the substations controlling these areas will be switched off, which will affect the feeders connected to them,” he added.
According to Kumapayi, Ikeja Electric, the upgrade will affect ”…all categories of customers within the area, especially our Maximum Demand (MD) customers, such as Ikeja City Mall, Police College, Lagos State University, Teaching Hospital and the Ikeja High Court.”