News Investigators/ The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the tripping of the 100 Mega Volt Ampère (MVA) TR4 transformer at the 132/33 Kilo Volt (KV) Apo Transmission Substation.
The management of the company announced this in a statement on its X handle in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to TCN, preliminary findings indicate oil spillage on the Red Phase HV bushing of the transformer.
“Four 33kV feeders, including feeders H31, H33, H35, and H37 are currently out of supply.
“Our maintenance crew are already carrying out detailed investigation on the transformer, to ascertain the exact cause of the tripping to enable TCN effect repairs and restore back the transformer.
“We regret the inconvenience this may cause Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC)’s customers supplied from the affected feeders,‘’ it said.
The company also assured the affected customers that its engineers were doing everything possible to ensure a quick restoration of bulk power supply through the affected transformer.
NAN