…apologises to customers
Juliet Damilola
Eko Electricity Distribution Company has expressed concern about the persistent low allocation of power supply it has received from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) lately and cited it as the reason it has been unable to meet the supply demands of its customers.
This was made known in an official statement signed by the Company’s spokesperson, Godwin Idemudia. He announced that ‘the total current allocation of power supply from the TCN to the various power station in our network has dropped from 450MW to 156MW. For example, the expected supply allocation to the Alagbon transmission substation is 100MW but we are currently receiving 67MW while Ijora transmission substation expects an average of 75MW but is currently receiving 13MW. This is nowhere near enough to satisfy our customers. ‘
Idemudia apologized to customers for the inconvenience this might have caused and assured them that Eko DisCo is assiduously working with the TCN to proffer a prompt resolution to the issue.
Last week, Eko Disco signed a project agreement with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited to improve the quality of supply in the Company’s franchise area and to meet the high demand of its growing network. Idemudia explained that the Company is embarking on more similar projects to tackle challenges such as this in the sector to ensure customers are adequately provided with reliable and quality power supply. He equally appealed to customers to always remain vigilant as some criminal elements might want to use the current situation as an opportunity to vandalise the Company’s distribution equipment.
