Electricity customers in Birnin kebbi, Sokoto and Kaduna States can heave a sigh of relief as the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has completed the reconductoring of its new 130KM 132kV double circuit Sokoto – Birnin Kebbi Transmission Line, which was also energized.
The new high capacity 132kV Transmission line which affects/ transverses 405 towers along the Birnin Kebbi – Sokoto line route, now transmits about 170MW, which is more than double the 70MW capacity previously transmitted by the decommissioned old 132kV transmission line.
This also means that Kaduna DisCo would equally be able to deliver more stable and quality power to its customers in that axis.
Prior to the reconductoring of the line, the Sokoto – Birnin Kebbi 132kV transmission line, was overloaded due to increased demand, arising from the massive increase in human population and attendant socio-economic activities in the area.
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The Project which commenced in November last year, was carried out in phases, in order to ameliorate the effect of scheduled outages on electricity consumers during the period. Some areas did not experience outage through the period as they were backfed through another line.
(Editor: Omor Bazuaye)
