The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has announced that it has restored bulk power supply to its 60 megavolt-amperes transformer at Kukwaba 132/33-kilovolt transmission submission 24 hours after the facility was faulty. Ndidi Mbah, the General Manager of Public Affairs of TCN disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
The firm said the power supply was restored to the substation around 5:51 pm on Thursday. Consequently, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company can now offtake bulk power for distribution to its customers in Galadimawa , Games Village, National Stadium, Sunny Vale, Kabusa Gardens, TSF Eye Clinic, AMMSCO Estate, Sun City, parts of Kabusa, Same Global, Durumi, American International School, Sabo Lugbe , TradeMore Estate, Pyakasa, Aleita/Chika and Ako Estate.
'TCN hereby announces the restoration of bulk power supply through its 60 MVA TRI transformer at Kukwaba 132/33kV Transmission Substation, on the 13th of June, 2024 at 5:51 pm. 'Recall that the transformer was opened on an emergency to trace and rectify the cause of sudden smoke from the transformer. This has since been rectified and the transformer restored to service,' TCN stated. On Thursday power outage hit parts of Abuja over a faulty Kukwaba transmission substation.
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