The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has inaugurated a 7.5 MVA injection substation meant to serve 13,000 customers living in the outskirt of Enugu metropolis.

At the inauguration at Amorji Nike near Enugu, the Managing Director of EEDC, Mr. Okechukwu Nwosu, disclosed that the company is committed to delivering quality power supply to its customers. Nwosu, who disclosed that Nike substation would serve over 13,000 EEDC customers, said that the company has significantly improved the quality of power supply in the South-East.

He also added that the company had done several numbers of substation projects across the Southeast, deployed over 1000 transformers to replace old ones while metering over 190,000 customers with pre-paid meters. Nwosu who lamented the alarming rate of theft, vandalism, and non-payment of bills, also said that it had become a major hindrance to quality power delivery to customers.

Source: The Nation