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sad incident occurred on the 26th of February, 2024, at about 11.32 pm. At the said time, the Gwagwalada – Katampe Transmission line tripped at Gwagwalada Transmission Substation and trial reclosure by TCN Operators failed,
This act, perpetrated by insurgents, resulted in a load loss of approximately 5MW.
The Company, however, commiserates with the family of the deceased and the NSCDC for this very sad and shocking incident
when installed, the transformers will substantially increase the company’s transmission capacity.
NDPHC said in the document that the goal of the programme was to sell the current capacity available, and develop more,
“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.
