PHCN Spends N2.7 Billion on Power in Kano

Thursday, Feb 18, 2010

Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) said it has spent N2.7 billion to upgrade, repair and installed new equipment in Kano.Muhammad Tunde Balogun, the Chief Executive Officer of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, a subsidiary of PHCN told newsmen yesterday in Kano.

He with the purchase of an additional 150MVA power transformer to the Kumbotso transmission station with the existing 300MVA transmission capacity in the region, power supply in Kano and its neighbouring states - Katsina and Jigawa - would improve.

He said various feeders have been re-conducted across the zone to reduce load shedding in some places. He said the projects are designed to improve power supply to the numerous customers.

He said efforts are made in up-rating the existing 33/11KV transformer in the region.

He said that over 160 additional distribution transformers have been installed to lift the installed distribution capacity by 67MVA.

Engineer Musa Musa Gumel, the Assistant General Manager in charge of transmission, went round the Kumbotso transmission station with newsmen said the new transformer replaced an earlier transformer of the same capacity, which went down at the point of installation.

He said the generation, transmission and distribution make up the grid and that they rely on the national control centre which allocates electricity supply, depending on generation, to all parts of the country.

Source: All Africa