EEDC to shut down power in Anambra

Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has announced that it will cut off power in Anambra State for four days.

The planned outage was revealed by Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, on Saturday. He said it will happen from December 2 to December 6, 2023.

He explained that the outage is for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) engineers to do maintenance on their facility.

“Due to this planned maintenance, the 60MVA power transformer at the GCM station will be out of service for the four days the maintenance will take.

This will mostly affect our customers in Ogbaru District and some in Onitsha District, as the following feeders will be out of power: 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 areas that will be affected include the entire Atani, Bida, Main Market, Iweka, Fegge, and their neighbouring estates, as well as all our heavy-industrial zones within Ogbaru.

He said the areas would be without power for the duration of the outage.

“We apologise for the inconveniences this development will cause our valued customers and assure them that we will be ready for supply resumption once the maintenance is done.