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By Ejiofor Alike
Following a recent fire outbreak at the Ikeja West Transmission Station, the biggest transmission facility in the country, both the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company have rearranged the affected network.
The affected transmission station, which is located at Ayobo in Ipaja area of Lagos, feeds customers, who are mainly in Ikeja and parts of Ogun State.
The affected transmission station, which is located at Ayobo in Ipaja area of Lagos, feeds customers, who are mainly in Ikeja and parts of Ogun State.
The Chief Executive Officer of Ikeja Distribution Company, Mr. Chris Akamnonu, said at a joint press briefing during the weekend that the network rearrangement was carried out to ensure that no customer was plunged into darkness as a result of the incident.
He disclosed that the fire destroyed one of the 5No 150Mva transformers, transmitting 330/132kva to customers in Ikeja and Ogun State.
Akamnonu, who noted that the federal government had invested heavily to revamp the power sector, also stated that the efforts of the government had helped to boost the sector’s response to emergencies.
“The transformer was lost as a result of the fire incident. But soon after the fire was put out, we carried out what we called network rearrangement. In the network rearrangement, we moved loads because if you don’t relieve that station of some of the loads, all the customers will not be accommodated at once.
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