The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday declared that the total darkness and subsequent load shedding of electricity supply experienced in some parts of Benin City and environs was due to maintenance work carried out by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC).
The company, which declared this in a press release signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, added that the disruption occurred on 7th November, 2018 was caused by BEDC maintenance crew.
This happened “while they were clearing shrubs close to the substation where a branch from a tree fell and tripped the primary and secondary breakers of the T21 60MVA, 132/33Kv transformer,” Mbah said.
Bulk power supply to the area has been restored and is on load shedding through a back feed from transformer T24 to bring relief to GRA, Etete, Switch Station, Koko, Ikpoba Dam and Nkpenekpen.
“TCN regrets the situation and reassures customers that normal supply will be restored as soon as TCN engineers rectify the damaged breakers,” the release read.
