BEDC Electricity plc ( BEDC) has e a rmarked a total of 200,200 meters to be rolled out to customers in Delta State in the next two years with a monthly cumulative average of 10,000 units under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme.
Abu Ejoor, executive director, commercial, BEDC, disclosed this at a media launch of MAP in Asaba for Delta State customers, saying the scheme was taking off in Asaba and would eventually move to all local government locations in the state.
According to him, some of the locations flagged for take-off of MAP within Asaba Township include NTA road, behind NTA, behind Government House, Amechi Iyio Way, Anwai road, Infant Jesus axis, Borrow Pit community and Ibuzo town road.
Ejoor said that the MAP scheme would assist in reducing customers’ complaints on metering, wrong and estimated billings which, he said, account for over 60 percent of complaints.
Stressing that BEDC was committed to improving service delivery to customers, he said the company had connected 112 communities without supply in its coverage areas to the national grid with 55 of such locations in Delta.
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Speaking on current reality on power supply in Delta, Ejoor explained that 32 percent of BEDC’S power allocation comes to Delta, adding that an average of 84,516MW is delivered to the state monthly.
“Before Asaba and Warri TCN problem, there was average daily availability of 10-22 hours on 33KV feeders and six-10 hours on 11kv feeders. About 14 percent of power generated is lost due to poor network infrastructure, while we continue to improve the network,” he added.
He listed some recent power supply improvement projects in Delta to include construction of commercial feeders in Asaba, Warri, Udu, Ogwuashi-uku, Agbor from six hours to average 22 hours to the commercial customers in the environs and the rehabilitation and restoration of power supply to many communities in the state, including Ubulu-uku, Ibuzo, Issele-uku and Illah.
Also speaking, Fidelis Obishai, chief state head, Delta, disclosed that in view of the failed 2X150MVA 330/132kv power transformers in Asaba transmission station, customers were being presently fed from Onitsha, adding that available power is 30MW as against 100MW required.
