From CHARLES ONYEKWERE, ENUGU
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has announced plans to embark on emergency electricity supply load management in Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi States.
The company made the announcement in a statement issued by its Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, yesterday in Enugu.
According to Ezeh, the emergency load management in parts of its network was due to a fault on 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 include MainPower, FirstPower and EastLand in Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi States, respectively, are affected by this development,” the statement said.
The company apologised for the inconvenience this may cause the customers and appealed for understanding, adding that efforts are being made by relevant stakeholders to clear the fault and restore normal power supply.
