LAGOS — The Federal Government has commissioned upgraded transmission facilities at four major substations in Lagos, adding about 360 megawatts (MW) to the state’s transmission capacity and improving bulk electricity supply to residential, commercial and industrial consumers.

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The projects, located at Ijora, Apapa Road, Alausa and Lekki substations, are expected to strengthen power delivery within the networks of Eko and Ikeja Electricity Distribution Companies.

Speaking during the commissioning of the projects, Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, said the investments were aimed at removing transmission bottlenecks and improving the reliability of electricity supply.

“These infrastructures have been here for over 25 years. What we are doing is commissioning new power transformers in Apapa, Ijora, Alausa and Lekki transmission substations.

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“This is important as it will increase our wheeling capacity and also improve our delivery to end-users,” he said.

At the Ijora transmission substation, two new 100MVA transformers increased installed capacity from 90MVA to 230MVA, adding about 112MW.

The Apapa Road substation also received two 60MVA transformers and modern gas-insulated switchgear, raising its capacity from 60MVA to 180MVA and adding about 96MW.

At Alausa, an existing 30MVA transformer was replaced with a 100MVA unit, increasing the substation’s total capacity from 135MVA to 205MVA and adding about 56MW.

The additional capacity has also increased power allocation to Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company to 80MW.

At Lekki, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) commissioned two 60MVA transformers, one 300MVA transformer and nine additional 33kV feeders.

📰 Source: Vanguard Nigeria