The Federal Government, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the nation’s power sector, has commissioned two newly upgraded transmission substations in Alausa and Lekki, Lagos, to boost the state’s bulk power supply and add 272 megawatts to the national grid.
While an existing 30MVA transformer was replaced with a new 100MVA unit in Alausa, lifting the station’s total capacity from 135MVA to 205MVA and increasing bulk power available to Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) by 80MW, in Lekki, an additional 2 x 60MVA, 132/33kV power transformers were installed with nine new 33kV feeders, increasing the substation’s 132/33kV capacity from 120MVA to 240MVA, an increase of approximately 192MW.
Speaking at the events, the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, said the projects showed President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s approach to fixing the sector’s structural bottlenecks, tagged “Identify the bottleneck, Invest in it, Remove the constraint, Unlock the capacity.”
The Minister linked the upgrade to the President’s determination to confront the infrastructure constraints that have limited Nigeria’s economic potential, adding that aging equipment and stranded capacity would continue to be addressed nationwide.
He lauded the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), EKEDC and the Ikeja Distribution Company (IKEDC), and Shanghai Electric Group and the World Bank, for their roles in delivering both projects.
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The Managing Director/CEO, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engineer Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, said the Alausa project was executed by Shanghai Electric Limited under a World Bank-funded initiative and would provide more stable and reliable electricity to at least 70,000 residents through the Ikeja Distribution Company (IKEDC).
According to Abdulaziz, the upgrade would not only strengthen grid stability but also allow more bulk power to reach distribution companies for onward supply within their franchise areas.
He said, “TCN remains resolute in its mandate of building and sustaining a robust transmission network, capable of transporting Nigeria’s growing power needs to various distribution load centres nationwide.”
The Lekki project, also executed by Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited with World Bank support, also includes an additional 1x300MVA, 330/132kV transformer expected to be energised in November 2026.
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