Lagos power outage - which areas e go affect and wetin you fit do about am
Dem wan install Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) fibre cable for di Omotosho/Ikeja West 330kV transmission line.
Dis na di places wey go dey affected from di 28th of July to di 21 of August from 8am to 5pm.
Even Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) say dia customers go experience irregular power supply sake of di maintenance work TCN wan carry out on di Omotosho – Ikeja West 330kV transmission line, but dem no tok dis exact areas wey go dey affected.
So how pipo wan take deal wit di nine hours of no light evriday for a month.
All in all, na money e go take to really accomodate all di tins wey fit sup sake of dis light outage.
Wetin TCN wan do wey dey make dem power off
Di Disco companies explain say di reason for di partial blackout na sake of scheduled maintenance wey di Transmission Company of Nigeria wan do di Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kv powerline, and di maintenance go affect di load shedding across dia networks.
Di maintenance go involve upgrade of operations for Omotosho–Ikeja West 330kV transmission area, and dis na one important power transmission channel for Nigeria power grid system.
Di line dey serve as key conduit between di Omotosho Power Station for Ondo State and Ikeja West, wey be major power transmission hub for Lagos State.
Ikeja Electric and EKEDC don inform residents within dis coverage areas to expect load management measures throughout di maintenance period, wey fit affect residential, commercial, and industrial during working hours.
For Lagos residents during di peak hour wen power supply go dey dem go need to schedule dia activities and business around di blackout.
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