By Idu Jude
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) claims it has successfully completed the repair of the faulty
A portion of one of the 132kV Katampe/ Central Area underground Transmission cables
Supplying bulk electricity to TCN’s Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) in Central Area, Abuja
According to Ndidi Mbah, the general manager of corporate affairs, repair works were completed and the cable energized at about 15:09hrs on Monday, 1st November 2021.
TCN, reminded that a portion of the underground transmission cable line – 1 that passes through the IBB
Golf Club was damaged by an excavation machine working for the Club, on 23rd December 2019, which shortened the supply of adequate power to the affected residents by two years.
The organization stated that the delay in repair of the underground cable line – 1, was due to lack of cable repair kit and expertise required to undertake the repair work in the country as well as the sudden experience of the Covid’19 pandemic.
It said that following the successful restoration of the 132kV underground transmission cable line – 1, TCN now has bulk transmission line redundancy (N-1), this it says means that a sudden failure of one line, the second will be available.
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The repaired and energized second underground cable line – 1 also means that TCN can now supply more bulk power to AEDC.
The Katampe – Central Area 132kV transmission line – 1 supplies power to AEDC for strategic
areas in Abuja such as the Central Area Business District, the 3 Arm-Zone, DSS Headquarters,
NNPC Headquarters, Federal Secretariat, and environs.
TCN however, says it is committed to rehabilitating and executing new transmission projects even as it
Completes old ones, in line with its Nigerian Electricity Grid Maintenance, Expansion, and
Rehabilitation Program geared towards putting in place a more robust transmission grid.
