ELECTRICITY NIGERIA

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) hereby states that it has successfully installed and energized a new 150MVA 330/132/33kV Interbus Transformer (IBTR) at Delta IV Transmission Substation, Ughelli, Delta State at about 13:09Hrs on Sunday 16th October, 2022 and loaded at 15:19Hrs on Monday, 17th October 2022. The commissioning into service of the new 150MVA […]

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) officially launched the Africa Minigrids Program (AMP) on 29th September, 2022, a four-year project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)in Nigeria. The programme aims to support access to clean energy by increasing the financial viability, and promoting scaled up commercial

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has informed the public that the national grid experienced partial system disturbance at about 10.51am today, 26th, September 2022. The incident was a result of sudden drop in system frequency, which created system instability.m The restoration of the affected part of the grid commenced immediately at 11.55am with Osogbo/Ihovbor

The Board of Egbin Power Plc has announced the appointment of Mokhtar Bounour as Chief Executive Officer of the foremost privately run thermal plant in sub-Saharan Africa that powers over 20 million homes and businesses. Bounour’s appointment, the Board said, would accelerate Egbin’s ongoing transformation and propel the company’s energy mix transition towards enhanced environmental

By Eyo Nsima ELECTRICITY generation dropped, yesterday, by 12.3 per cent to 3,804 megawatts, MW, from 4,382MW, according to the Energy System operator, an independent arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. In its operational report obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, Sunday, the operator attributed the development to many problems, including insufficient gas. Consequently,

By Eyo Nsima All On, a Shell-funded impact investment company is pleased to announce a GBP1million investment in Mobile Power Limited, to increase the growth of its Pay-per-use battery sharing platform in Nigeria. Mobile Power’s energy distribution platform “MOPO”, is successfully serving challenging markets, creating local employment, and providing financial and social returns. The platform

By Sunday Oduntan There continues to be all manner of recent events undermining an already fragile and moribund Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). In particular, a long history of policy and regulatory inconsistency, significant contributory factors to the poor performance of sectoral operators, is being worsened by a resort to violations of the rule of

By Eyo Nsima For the first time in Nigeria, nomination has been opened for the Nigeria Power Sector 2022 Awards, put in place to honour individuals and organisations that have made outstanding contributions toward the development of the nation’s power sector. The organisers, Nigeria Power Sector Awards Limited, said the Awards have become expedient as

By Eyo Nsima The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has started the process of restoring electricity to consumers nationwide in Nigeria. But checks by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, has it that it might take up till the weekend to achieve a sustainable feat as most parts of the nation still live in darkness. The entire nation

By Eyo Nsima The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has lamented the shutdown of electricity in Nigeria by labour, promising to restore supply soon. In a statement obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, the company solely responsible for transition of electricity, stated: “Following the Industrial Dispute declared by the two in-house Unions at the Transmission Company