TCN announces outage in Oyo over maintenance

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that there will be an electricity disruption in parts of Oyo State on Thursday.

TCN, in a statement by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this on Thursday.

According to TCN, the power disruption is due to preventive maintenance on the 150 megavolt-ampere 330/132/33 kilovolt transformer at the Ayede, Ibadan, transmission substation.

The power disruption is expected to last from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Thursday in areas serviced by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company.

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announces that its maintenance crew will perform scheduled maintenance on one of its 150MVA 330/132/33kV power transformers at the Ayede Transmission Substation in Ibadan, which will take place today, Thursday, January 9, 2025, from 10 am to 6 pm.

“This will cause an interruption of bulk power supply through the 150MVA power transformer to Ibadan DisCo.

“As a result, IBEDC would be unable to offtake power from the feeders attached to the said transformer. Consequently, IBEDC will carry out load shedding in the following areas: Oluyole, Apata, Lanlate, Iyaganku, Liberty, Eleyele, Express, Industrial, and Interchange,” the statement reads.

Media Talk Africa reports that TCN recently announced a two-week outage in some parts of Abuja, Nasarawa State.

Also, the company on Tuesday announced another 24-hour outage in parts of Delta State.