TCN SUCCESSFULLY REPAIRS AND ENERGIZES THE KATAMPE – CENTRAL AREA 132kV UNDERGROUND TRANSMISSION CABLE LINE - 1, IN ABUJA

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has successfully completed the repair of 

The faulty portion of one of the 132kV Katampe–Central Area underground Transmission cables supplying bulk electricity to TCN’s Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) in Central Area, Abuja, has been successfully repaired by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. 

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Ndidi Mbah, GM Public Affairs Department of the company on Thursday, 04th, Nov. 2021 and made available to journalists.

According to the statement, "repair works were completed and the cable energized at about 15:09hrs on Monday, 1st November 2021". 

"Recall that a portion of the underground transmission cable line - 1 that passes through the IBB Golf Club, was damaged by an excavation machine working for the Club, on 23rd December 2019". 

The GM, Public Affairs Department of the TCN, in her statement, revealed that "the delay in the repair of the underground cable line - 1, was due to lack of cable repair kit and expertise required to undertake the repair work in the country as well as the Covid-19 pandemic".

"Following the successful restoration of the 132kV underground transmission cable line - 1, TCN now has bulk transmission line redundancy (N-1), which implies that if there is a sudden failure of one line, the second will be available", she said. 

"The repaired and energized second underground cable line - 1 also means that TCN can now supply more bulk power to AEDC.The Katampe – Central Area 132kV transmission line - 1 supplies power to AEDC for strategic areas in Abuja such as the Central Area Business District, the 3 Arm-Zone, DSS Headquarters, NNPC Headquarters, Federal Secretariat, and environs". 

Mrs. Mbah stressed that, "TCN is committed to rehabilitating and executing new transmission projects even as it completes old ones, in line with its Nigerian Electricity Grid Maintenance, Expansion, and Rehabilitation Program geared towards putting in place a more robust transmission grid".