The Mainpower Electricity Distribution Limited (MEDL) has introduced a planned six-day energy outage throughout many communities in 4 native authorities areas of Enugu State.
MEDL is an influence distribution firm in Enugu and a subsidiary of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, accountable for energy provide within the South-east.
The MEDL spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh, stated in an announcement on Monday that the outage could be carried out by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) station in Nsukka.
Mr Ezeh stated the outage would start on Thursday, 5 November, and run till Tuesday, 10 November, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every day.
“The planned outage is to allow the TCN technical group to hold out upkeep work on some gear on the station.
“The exercise will affect electricity supply to the UNN, SUMAS and Orba 33kV feeders, resulting in power interruptions for customers served by these feeders during the stated period,” he defined.
The spokesperson listed the areas to be affected as Ukopi, Opi Agu, Eha-Alumona, Orba Town, Obollo-Afor, elements of Obollo-Eke, Enugu Ezike, Ibagwa, Nkalagu Obukpa, Okpaligbo, Iheaka, Edem Ani, Agbani, Uzo-Uwani, Obimo, Nkpologu, Lejja, Nguru, Aku and Ogbede, in addition to surrounding communities.
Other areas embody Odim Gate, Nkpor, Nru, Ede Oballa, El Tabera Estate, Ikenga Estate, Wilson Company, Umakashi, Isiakpu, G.R.A., Ogige Main Market and the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).
PREMIUM TIMES reviews that the communities span Nsukka, Udenu, Uzo-Uwani, Igbo-Eze North, Igbo-Eze South, and Igbo-Etiti Local Government Areas of the state.
Mr Ezeh stated the corporate sincerely regrets any inconvenience the planned outage might trigger its esteemed prospects, interesting for his or her persistence and understanding.
“The exercise is necessary to facilitate essential technical work aimed at improving the reliability and quality of electricity supply to customers,” he acknowledged.
‘Why there’s a drop in energy provide in Enugu’
Mr Ezeh, in a separate assertion on Monday, defined that the current discount in energy provide throughout most elements of Enugu State was a results of a drop in vitality era, which has led to low system frequency.
“This situation has necessitated the TCN to implement load shedding of the available energy”, he stated.
The spokesperson burdened that the vitality allocation to the electrical energy firm had been affected, which restricted its skill to fulfill the every day service-level commitments.
“MEDL wishes to assure its customers that it is closely monitoring the situation and will continue to distribute the available energy allocation fairly across its network. The company remains hopeful that normal power supply will be restored soon,” Mr Eze stated.
He famous that the corporate regrets the inconvenience this case might trigger its esteemed prospects.
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