EEDC To Embark On Emergency Electricity Supply Load Management In 3 Southeast States

BY JUDE OSSAI / ENUGU

Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said it would embark on an emergency electricity supply load management in the South East states of Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Group Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Emeka Ezeh in Enugu on Thursday.

According to Ezeh, “EEDC Plc wishes to inform its customers of emergency load management in parts of its network due to a fault on the Mando-Shiroro Transmission Line.

“As a result of this, the National Control Centre (NCC), Oshogbo, has advised that we maintain only 44MW on the Onitsha/New Haven 330kV (affecting Awada, Agu-Awka, Nibo, New Haven, Nkalagu and Abakaliki Transmission Stations).

“We also maintain 10MW and 11MW on the Ugwuaji and Apir Transmission Stations respectively.

“Consequently, customers served by the subsidiary companies of EEDC; which included: (MainPower, FirstPower and EastLand) in Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi States respectively, are affected by this development.

“We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this may cause our customers and appeal for their understanding as efforts are being made by the relevant stakeholders to clear the fault and restore normal supply,” he said.

Editor

Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively. He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.