FEA to carry out repair works at Wailoa Substation and transmission line

The Fiji Electricity Authority will be carrying out repair and maintenance works at the 11kV/132kV Wailoa Substation and on the 132kV Nadarivatu to Wailoa transmission line.

Fiji Electricity Authority CEO Hasmukh Patel says in order to carry out the repairs and maintenance, FEA Engineers will need to de‑energise the 132,000 volts transmission line from the Nadarivatu Switching Station to the Wailoa Substation.

This will mean that FEA will not be able to transmit electricity from the Wailoa Power Stations to the Western Division.

During this time, FEA will rely on the Nadarivatu Power Station and their Diesel Power Stations at Sigatoka, Qeleloa, Nadi, Vuda, and Rakiraki to supply electricity to the Western Division customers from Namatakula to Waimecia in Rakaraki.

FEA personnel will be carrying out these repairs and maintenance works from 3am to 5pm tomorrow.

Patel says works are planned to be carried out on Sunday due to the low demand and they would be able to meet the demand in the Western Division from other generating power stations.

People in the Western Division may experience power supply outages in the event of a failure of any one of the generating sets or power line failure.