Reduced Energy Allocation Responsible For Power Failures In FCT, Kogi, Others -Abuja Disco

The Management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said that the recent drop in electricity supply to customers in its franchise area, comprising the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger states was as a result of the reduction in the energy allocated to it by the System Operator in recent times, following the recent huge drop in national generation.

In a press statement in Abuja signed by the Head of Public Relations and Media, Ahmed I Shekarau, the Company said however that all concerned players in the Nigeria electricity supply industry, including the generation and transmission companies are already working on the system with a view to restoring normal supply as quickly as possible.

While assuring that it will always distribute the load allocated to it by the System Operator as it is impossible to store electricity, the AEDC Management appealed for the understanding of its customers.

Reiterating its appeal for understanding, the Company assured that it would continue to optimise its load-shedding scheme to ensure that all its customers were given fair consideration in the distribution of energy allocated to it. [myad]