TCN
11 Jan
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has dismissed reports of a nationwide power grid collapse. TCN said the power outage incident earlier today was caused by the tripping of two transmission lines, which affected the electricity supply to parts of Lagos. TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement on Saturday, explained that at approximately 13:41…
8 Jan
Electricity consumers in Abuja have condemned plans by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to keep them in darkness for two weeks.
6 Jan
The 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) operating in the country paid a total of N137.06 billion to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in the first nine months of 2024 as transmission and administrative charges
17 Dec
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Port Harcourt Region, has announced the restoration of electricity to most parts of Bayelsa following a four-month blackout. The region covers Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Imo, and Rivers states. The General Manager of TCN’s Port Harcourt Region, Emmanuel Anyaegbulem, made this known during a news conference on…
12 Dec
The Nigerian electricity sector teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, posing significant risks to other critical sectors of the economy following yesterday’s collapse of the national electricity grid—the 12th recorded failure in 2024.
11 Dec
Nigeria has once again been plunged into nationwide darkness as the electricity grid collapsed, dropping from about 3,000 megawatts around at 1:00 pm to zero megawatts by 2:00 pm. The grid, managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), remains one of the weakest links in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The TCN is…
11 Dec
The Federal Government hassuspended the monthly review of electricity tariffs as power subsidy climbs to N768.68 billion in four months. There are also indications that the generation companies (GenCos), who only received 45 per cent of their invoices
3 Dec
Lagos and over 10 states pushing to realise the opportunities in the Electricity Act that enables sub-national governments to generate and distribute electricity may face the transfer of the burden of electricity subsidies
29 Nov
The unceasing collapse of the national grid managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has become an embarrassment and is no longer acceptable. The grid is the vast network of electrical transmission lines that link power stations to end-users nationwide.
28 Nov
Nigeria’s electricity generation has stagnated at an average 4,000 megawatts despite the promises made by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, to boost the capacity to 6,000MW by the end of 2024.
27 Nov
Mr Sule Abdulaziz, Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says the Federal Government has spent about N8.8 billion to repair vandalised transmission towers across the country. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister of Power.…
22 Nov
Nigeria’s 21 active electricity generation plants on the nation’s electricity grid may have lost nothing less than N229.6 billion to the grid collapses that occurred in 2024, a development which is worsening the liquidity crisis in the power sector.
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