The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, under its Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme (TREP) has added about 200 Megawatts to the national grid, with the installation of 100MVA, 60MVA and 60/66MVA, 132/33kV power transformers in three different transmission substations. This came even as the average power sent out yesterday, rose to 3,642MWh/hour, an increase of […]
Read More The Transmission Company of Nigeria said it had installed 29 power transformers and substations across the country between February 2017 and August 2018. It said the completion of the projects was done in line with the government’s policy on incremental power; and debunked claims made by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company that the national grid […]
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Power distribution companies say they have capacity to take and distribute 6,288.96 megawatts of electricity, refuting the Federal Government’s claim that the Discos can only handle 5,000MW. According to them, the capacity of Discos to distribute about 6,300MW was confirmed in a study conducted by the country’s power System Operator, an arm of the Transmission […]
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Crisis rocking the power sector of the economy, yesterday, took a different dimension as Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, rejected the ₦72 billion distribution networks investment being executed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. The DISCOs, instead, argued that any investment in distribution networks without recourse to them managing the networks was wrong investment. Acting […]
Read More The Transition Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Friday said it had recovered more than 693 containers of power equipment abandoned at ports for about 15 years due to tariff. The Managing Director (MD) of TCN, Mr. Usman Mohammed, said this in a statement in Lagos. Mohammed said some of the power equipment had been auctioned […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over By President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved ₦35.6 billion for reconstruction of roads and bridge in the country. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting held at the Presidential Villa, […]
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Nigeria’s electricity generation system collapsed three times in the second quarter of this year, the latest report from the Transmission Company of Nigeria obtained on Friday in Abuja indicated. This is, however, considered a significant improvement over the first quarter’s performance when the grid collapsed seven times. The report showed that the frequency in the […]
Read More The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Tuesday announced that it had cleared 655 power equipment containers that were stranded at various seaports in the country for more than 15 years. It stated that over 800 containers were abandoned at different ports across the country for more than a decade, adding that some of them had […]
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Power generation has dropped by 3,182 megawatts (mw) throwing most parts of the country into darkness. The drop has left the country with current generation of 2,040mw out of the total generation capacity of 5,222mw was as a result of a damage caused by a fire on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) belonging to the […]
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The nation’s electricity grid system faced a total collapse on Thursday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria announced on Friday. It, however, stated that the restoration of the grid was at an advanced stage and explained that the total collapse was due to tripping of three generator units at the Egbin power generation station in Lagos. […]
Read More Efforts to bridge the over 10 million metering gap may have received the desired boost as the Federal Government has approved about ₦39 billion to procure meters for customers. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, announced the lifeline for Discos at the 18th Monthly Power Sector Stakeholders Meeting hosted by Kano Electricity […]
Read More The Federal Government has said the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) will complete over 200 projects to improve power supply to the distribution companies (Discos). Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, stated this yesterday, in a keynote address at the Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF) in Lagos, entitled, “Roadmap for Incremental, Stable and […]
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