NERC directs EEDC to disconnect 33kV, 11kV uncertified transformers
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has directed Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, to disconnect all uncertified 33 Kilovolt and 11kV transformers under its franchise.
The order was contained in an enforcement notice on Friday by NERC in compliance with the provisions of the NEMSA Act, 2015, the Nigerian Electricity Supply and Installation Standards Regulation 2015.
The electricity regulatory body frowned at the nonchalant attitude with which some Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos conduct their operations without following stipulated laws.
“Directed Enugu DisCo to immediately disconnect the following 33kV and 11kV transformer installations connected without statutory Inspection, testing, and certification by NEMSA”, NERC’s notice reads.
It outlined the 13 installations to be disconnected by the power firm to include the 1x500kVA, 33/0.415kV substation at Immigration Services Office Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, Emene, Enugu; 1x200kVA, 33/0,415kV substation at Built Mart Plaza, Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Independence Layout Phase 2, Enugu; 1x300kVA, 33/0.415kV substation at a palm kernel factory, Centenary City Junction, Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Enugu.
Others include the 1x100kVA, 33/0.415kV pole mounted substation connected to a residential/hotel building along Centenary City Road, before Centenary City gate, off Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Enugu; 1x500kVA, 33/0.415kV substation at Heliu Estate, opposite Centenary City Junction; 1x500kVA, 33/0.415kV substation at Plaza opposite Majestic Suites, Centenary Street; 1x500kVA, 33/0.415kV substation at Centenary Street Junction connected to the RMU.
