EEDC restores energy supply to parts of Anambra, apologises to customers





Titus Maduako Eleweke

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has fully restored power supply to its customers in parts of Anambra State that were affected by the recent power outage.

In a statement by the Head, of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh the outage was caused by a fault at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Station, Awada.

According to Eze, the full restoration of supply followed the successful transfer of the affected 33KV feeders to the newly commissioned 100MVA power transformer in TCN Station, Awada.

He said EEDC apologised to customers of the company who were affected by the unfortunate and unforeseen development.

Eze thanked the consumers for their patience and understanding while the power outage lasted.

He appealed to customers to appreciate the position and role of the distribution companies in the electricity supply industry, stating that, "once there is a disruption within the space of any member of the value chain, it impacts on the service delivery of the distribution companies to customers".

"In this case, the power transformer belonging to TCN which serves as the source of power to our 33KV feeders was faulty, and as a result, we lost supply and couldn't serve our customers," he stated

He further recounted the millions of Naira the company lost as revenue within the period of the incident.

It will be recalled that parts of Anambra State were without power supply for over a week due to the faulty TR11, 60MVA power transformer at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Station, Awada.