Omo-Agege, who spoke at the ground breaking ceremony of the substation, said the current administration was making significant efforts to end energy poverty in Nigeria by facilitating the provision of electricity to rural communities across the country.
In a statement in Abuja, Omo-Agege was quoted to have said: “The objective has been to ensure that the number of people who use modern energy should increase to reduce social costs and to increase social benefits”.
He noted the establishment of the power substation was one of the several initiatives of the administration aimed at addressing energy poverty in the country.
“Substations play a critical role in power industry. Substations support the transmission grid in moving power from generation sources to customer’s load, while electrical utilities use them for system protection, switching capabilities and more importantly, voltage transformations.
“It is thus my hope that the construction of the injection substation will boost access to energy in the region and consequently bring about enhanced economic activities and poverty reduction through enhanced income, health, education and improved environment,” he said.
He called on the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to make good use of the facility when completed to boost power supply to the communities, urging the utility to ensure that meters are provided for individual customers.
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has begun construction of a 1×7.5MVA, 33/11kV injection distribution substation in Orogun, Delta State to boost power supply to the community.
Speaking at the Managing Director/CEO, NDPHC, Chiedu Ugbo, said the injection substation which is an NDPHC/National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) intervention project would also boost economic activities in the community.
Ugbo explained the project, a 1×7.5MVA 33/11KV injection substation, will step down power from the already existing 33KV line to 11kV, disclosing that the project involves the construction of 4km of 11KV line to distribute the power to the community.
He said seven distribution transformers will be installed also in the community.
He stated with the injection substation in place, faults on the downstream line will not be allowed to trip the entire network.
