Iliyasu Abdullahi Bah
The Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN has officially announced a comprehensive, ten-day scheduled maintenance exercise for its Gombe 132/33 kV Transmission Substation. The work is slated to begin on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, and conclude on Friday, October 24, 2025.
According to a formal statement released by the TCN General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, the preventive maintenance will be conducted daily between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
The primary objective of this scheduled outage is to perform critical upgrades on the Shongo 33kV Feeder 8. TCN engineers will undertake the replacement of the feeders’ aging protection and control panels with new, modern systems. This type of preventive maintenance is essential for ensuring the long term reliability, stability, and safety of the transmission infrastructure, helping to prevent unplanned faults and power outages in the future.
In a key assurance to consumers, the TCN emphasized that this maintenance exercise will not result in any interruption of bulk power transmission to the Jos Electricity Distribution Company JEDC. This will be achieved through a carefully engineered load transfer strategy.
To prevent any loss of power supply during the maintenance window, the TCN announced the execution of the following contingency plans: the electrical load normally carried by the Shongo 33kV Feeder will be temporarily rerouted to the Darazo 33kV Feeder.
Similarly, the load on the Mallam Sidi Feeder will be transferred to the Doma 33kV Feeder 6.
By implementing these strategic load transfers, the TCN confirms that the Jos Electricity Distribution Company will continue to receive its full bulk power allocation without disruption throughout the entire maintenance period.
The TCN characterizes this exercise as a proactive investment in the nation’s grid infrastructure, aimed at enhancing service delivery and ensuring a more resilient power supply for the region. Consumers within the JEDC franchise area are advised to disregard any misinformation suggesting a bulk power supply outage during this period.