Utility company Umeme has said preparations are in high gear for receiving the highly-anticipated increased capacity from the new Bujagali Power Plant.
Florence Nsubuga, the Umeme Outages Project Manager on October 29 said the utility company was working with Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) to connect the new supply of 50 mega watts (MW) to the National Grid at Nalubale, and eventually to the Kawanda and Mutundwe sub-stations in Kampala. The 132KV line at Mutundwe-Kawanda will connect Western Uganda to the new line from the Bujagali Power Plant in Jinja.
A statement said the works would take the whole of November.
“They works will affect certain areas in the short-term, but we have explained to all customers that this is necessary now so that in the long-term there is more electricity to go round,” Nsubuga said.
Over 40,000 customers would have been without electricity for over a month during the preparation period but Umeme said it has made arrangements to provide alternative supply of power. However, some 100 customers will be without power for this entire period. No details were provided about their locations.
The first 50MW is expected to be online before the end of the year, which will reduce the 100MW-200MW significantly .
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