The management of Ikeja Electric Plc. says that some areas under its operational network will experience outage for eight weeks in order to carry out some works on its 132KV lines.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Olajide Kumapayi, Chief Technical Officer, Ikeja Electric, announced this at a news briefing on Monday in Ikeja.
Kumapayi said that the upgrade, billed to commence on October 11, would boost the capacity of the transmission lines.
He stated that some of 132KV lines installed over 50 years ago had become obsolete and degraded due to prolonged usage.
He listed the areas that would be affected by the upgrade to include Oregun, Police Training College, Oba Akran, Oke Ira, Ogba, Magodo , Anifowoshe and Omole Phase One.
Kumapayi said, “The TCN is currently embarking on the upgrade of the 132KV lines from Ikeja West to Ota and Alimosho. This is the second stage.
“The TCN is replacing all the aluminum conductors with gap conductors which is more sophisticated to withstand heat and has more capacity to carry current.
“The implication of this is that from 8am to 6pm everyday, the substations controlling these areas will be switched off which would affect the feeders connected to them.
“This will affect all categories of customers within the area, especially our Maximum Demand customers such as Ikeja City Mall, Police College, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and the Ikeja High Court.”
He added that the TCN would also move to Alimosho and Agege axis during the next stage.
Kumapayi said that the upgrade was a power sector initiative to boost transmission and distribution of electricity to Nigerians.
Also, Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric, said that “Even though this is a TCN project, it is our duty to inform our customers of the situation because we are the ones that interface with them on a daily basis.
“We believe it will be for the benefit of our customers at the end of the day and will also allow Ikeja Electric to invest more in our system to improve power supply to customers under our network.”
