The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has installed and energised new transformers and transmission lines in its substations in five states to improve electricity supply in the country, Daily Post reports.
TCN said this in a statement issued by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah in Abuja on Monday. She listed the transformers to include: 1X60MWA power transformer in Katsina substation, 1X100MVA transformer in Ejigbo substation and 2X60MVA in Odogunyan substation both in Lagos. Others are the 1X60MVA transformer in old Abeokuta substation, and 1X60MVA transformer in Calabar substation.
Mbah said that TCN had also energised the 5 kilometer transmission line built in collaboration with the Enugu State Government to power the 1X30MVA Nsukka substation. She said the new transformers had been energised and have started supplying power to various communities where they were installed.