Ibadan Disco to Install 11,000 Meters in Two Months

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) at the weekend unveiled plans to embark on a two-month project of installing 11,000 meters across its franchise from next week.

The Chief Operating Officer Mr. John Ayodele said the company had invested over N11.5 billion in metering, rehabilitation and network upgrade in the past six months.

He added that the project was expected to map the layouts of 114 sub-stations and the major reason for these projects is to ensure the customers get access to their own meters, reduce the challenge of estimated bills and ensure that customers are billed accurately in other of power consumed.

Ayodele further added that over 95 per cent of CAMPI meters had been received for distribution to all those who have made the necessary payments. He has assured that before the end of December 2018 all those who have paid for these meters would get them.

According to him, one of the board cardinal programs is on health safety, which is taking over N4.4 billion because over 14 sub-stations are involved.

He said consultants have being appointed to put the staffs through while in the field in other to ensure their safety and the sum of N1.47 billion have been whopped for the safety and Environment department.

He, however, informed that the on-going Asset and Customer Enumeration (ACE) exercise estimated to N5 billion is aimed at capturing their entire asset and customers in fair control, enhance great service delivery by providing data needed for the planning of infrastructure, enhance quality of power supply and quicker response rates to faults.

The Project Manager, Asset &Customer Enumeration IBEDC, Mr. Olabisi Daramola, at Raymond zard 500 KVA distribution transformer, Iyaganku, said, it was the 11 kV line that gives power to the transformer and it measures the total consumption being drawn. He also said this transformer has the enhancement ability feature and is used for energy auditing comparative analysis.

Ayodele, however, said the Ibadan North 15 MVA injection substation, 11 KV typical control room with 11 kv breakers was built in 1979 and has since being in bad shape until the IBEDC came in and turned it into a 21st century substation which included the installation of the eight panel board which cost about N60 million.

The Principal Manager HSE, Mrs Mariam Arowolo added that the transformer at Ibadan North by the IBEDC cost approximately 120 Million.