Disregard fake publication on national blackout –TCN
“The statement is mischievous and baseless as TCN, through the Public Affairs Head, did not make such statement.”
“The statement is mischievous and baseless as TCN, through the Public Affairs Head, did not make such statement.”
Reacting to concerns raised by Gencos that TCN did not have adequate capacity to evacuate the quantum of power produced by electricity generation companies, Oluwagbenga debunked the claim.
The day-ahead energy market is a system that allows transactions for the buying and selling of electrical power one day prior to the delivery day.
The bulk power restoration work was carried out by a team of substation, lines, and PC&M engineers of TCN, who converged from different TCN regions nationwide, to ensure expedited repair works
It was gathered that the vandals destroyed 132kV double circuit power transmission lines, 330kV double circuit lines, and carried out soil excavation that threatened transmission towers, as the Federal Government described the development as sabotage.
“We are diligently working to extend this restoration to Kebbi State and other areas affected by the unfortunate Birnin Kebbi Substation fire incident that occurred on September 14th, 2023.”
In the letter, which was jointly signed by the Acting President of the manufacturers’ association, Ademola Agoro, and the Secretary, Duro Omogbenigun, the association urged the BPP DG to direct the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to honour the pending four million meters supply contract awarded to its members since November 2022 under the Phase 1 of the NMMP.
We regret to observe the information contained in the newspaper publications and the purported reference to a system disturbance were false and utterly baseless.
TCNs capacity and capability to transport bulk power is presently above the current bulk power genrested into the grid and quantum power being taken by the DisCos.
The Company also has another two number 150MVA power transformers awaiting delivery to Ojo Stores at the Lagos Port even as it is expecting the arrival of different capacities of transformers and their accessories to berth at the port very soon.