Anambra to experience 5-day power outage, EEDC announces

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Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), on Saturday, announced that it will shut down power in Anambra State for four days.

According to Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, in a statement stated that the planned outage will take place from 2nd to 6th December 2023, adding that the outage is to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) engineers to carry out maintenance on their facility.

“As a result of this planned maintenance, the 60MVA power transformer at the GCM station will be shut down for the four days the maintenance will last.

This will mainly affect our customers in Ogbaru District and some under Onitsha District as the following feeders will be without supply: Harbour 33KV, Golden Oil 33KV, Dozzy 11KV, BridgeHead 11KV, E-Amobi 33KV, Atani Water Works 11KV, Premier 11KV, Housing EBH 11KV, Iyiowa 11KV, Wharf 11KV, Fegge 11KV, Uga 11KV, Market 11KV, Bida 11KV, Iweka 11KV, and Market 11KV feeder,” he said.

He said the affected areas include the whole of Atani, Bida, Main Market, Iweka, Fegge and its adjoining estates and all our heavy-industrial clusters within Ogbaru.

According to him, the areas will be out of supply for the outage period.

“We regret the inconveniences this development will cause our esteemed customers and assure them that we will be on standby for supply restoration once the maintenance is completed.

We are committed to providing you with quality service delivery,” he stated.

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