What is transmission & distribution in Lesotho?

Transmission and Distribution The role of Transmission and Distribution (T&D) is to provide safe and reliable electricity supply to Lesotho residents and businesses as a whole. The Transmission network evacuates power from the generation sources namely ‘Muela Hydropower (LHDA), Eskom (South Africa) and EDM (Mozambique) to LEC load centres.

How many railway stations are there in Lesotho?

Lesotho has one railway station, located in the capital city Maseru. It is the terminus of the Maseru branch line, which connects to the railway network of South Africa. The length of the line within Lesotho, from the border bridge over the Mohokare River to the station, is 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi).

Where does LEC supply 88kV to Lesotho?

The supply from Eskom (Clarence intake) enters Lesotho through 88kV line at Khukhune Substation in Butha-Buthe, while Qacha’s Nek intake is through 22kV line from Matatiele. The transmission lines are of voltage levels 132kV, 88kV, 66kV and 33kV. However, there are places where LEC distributes with 33kV like Thabana Morena in Mafeteng.

Where does LEC distribute 33kV electricity?

However, there are places where LEC distributes with 33kV like Thabana Morena in Mafeteng. The transmission voltages are stepped down to distribution voltages through 45 substations of which six of them namely Mabote, Mazenod, Maputsoe, Ramarothole, Litsoeneng and Khukhune Substations are critical for the supply of electricity countrywide.

What is preventative maintenance in a transmission substation?

Another massive preventative maintenance include circuit breakers and other substation equipment tests and assessing and maintaining of transformer on-load tap-changers (OLTC’s) in all the transmission substations.