AEDC Announces Fresh Blackout In Abuja – See List Of Areas That Will Be Affected

Some parts of Abuja will experience partial power outage on Tuesday, March 14, Naija News reports.

The development was made public in a statement issued late Monday evening by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).

The management of the power company notified its customers residing along Apo-Gudu, Abuja, that there will be annual preventive maintenance at the Gudu Injection Substation today. According to AEDC, the maintenance exercise would be carried out today between 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

While urging its customers to be patient, AEDC noted that during this period, power interruptions would affect Prince & Princess Estate, Parts of Kaura District, Dubai Market, Behind Games Village, and Part of Durumi 2, Adisa Estate.

AEDC listed other areas, including Sharia Court of Appeal, Federal Boys College, Sharon Plaza, Anon Plaza, Cedar Crest Hospital, MKK Plaza, Durumi 3 Shell Estate, A.A. Shafa Filling Station, Amina Court, NPI Estate, and environs.

”While we regret the inconvenience, we would like to assure our valued customers that the exercise is expected to ensure improved power supply to these areas,” the electricity firm stated.

National Grid: Power Generation Maintains 4,000MW Upward Supply In 2023

Meanwhile, unlike the bad experiences in 2022, the Nigerian National Power Grid recorded zero collapses in 2023.

The nation’s power sector has also been praised for making tremendous progress recently, considering how the national grid has continued to supply above 4,000 megawatts since January.

Experts revealed that the development is related to the recent deployment of transformers, substations and other accessories to boost supply in the country.

Naija News understands that grid performance data obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power in Abuja on Sunday showed that electricity generation on the national grid as at 6 am on the same day was 4,456.8MW.

A record obtained by journalists for the preceding day showed that the power supply was 4,618.8MW (peak generation); and 4,000.2MW (off-peak generation).

According to The PUNCH, randomly picked figures obtained from the power ministry’s headquarters in Abuja indicated that power generation had stayed above the 4,000MW mark for months.

As of March 2 and 3, 2023, power generation on the grid, reportedly taken as of 6 am, was put at 4,859.8MW and 4,962.7MW, respectively. Meanwhile, it was 4,753.9MW on February 23, 2023, as similar generation figures were recorded in the preceding month.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has continued to announce the deployment of transformers and other accessories to power stations nationwide in recent months.

Last Saturday, the federal government agency disclosed that it took delivery of a 100MVA transformer and accessories in its Katampe 132/33kV Transmission Substation under its Abuja region.

“On installation, the new 100MVA power transformer will replace one of the two 60MVA 132/33kV power transformers in the substation.

“This will increase the transformer capacity in the substation from 120MVA to 160MVA,” TCN confirmed via its official Twitter page during the weekend. It also revealed that eight truckloads of transformer accessories arrived in its Benin region of TCN to boost the power supply in the state and across the country.

“The Benin region of TCN has taken delivery of eight truckloads of transformer accessories in its Benin 330/132/33kV Substation.

“The transformer accessories are for the installation of two number 300MVA power transformers that will soon be delivered to the Benin 330/132/33kV Substation.

“The 300MVA transformer project is a part of TCN’s rehabilitation projects funded by the World Bank and on installation, the transformers will add 480MVA to the capacity of the nation’s transmission grid,” the company stated.