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The Benin Electricity Distribution Company said it has completed a new 33 KV feeder to improve power supply to the Federal Secretariat and some communities in Ikpoba-Hill in Benin, Edo State.
The Chief Technical Officer of BEDC, Lawani Jonathan, disclosed this during the unveiling of the new feeder line at Ihovbor station in Edo on Thursday.
Jonathan said the new line was constructed from the Ihovbor station under the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
“The 33KV line will supply electricity to two injection substations, which would power the Federal Secretariat along Benin-Abuchi road and other locations in the Ramat park axis.
“As you are aware, the TCN has completed the upgrade. So, they have more power to give to discos,” he said.
He said the company had also taken the opportunity to build a new feeder to relieve the existing Egba 33KV, which had supplied electricity to four injection substations along the Benin-Auchi, Agbor roads and New Benin.
“What this means is that we have the ability to evacuate power from Ihovbor station by additional 23 megawatts.
“By so doing, this feeder is proposed to be on band A from today. It will be performing its function in 24 hours.
“At the end, we can submit that performance report to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),” he said.
According to him, BEDC now has more wheeling and evacuation powers with an additional 33KV feeder line.
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