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Nigerian power transmission firm increases capacity with new installations
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN) has increased the nation’s grid capacity by 330MVA, with the installation of four (4) additional brand new transformers...
You are ruining our machines, Gencos tell TCN
Gas and hydro-powered Generation Companies (GenCos) have called on the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to improve transmission networks to save their generating machines...
TCN says Power grid collapsed six times in eight days in...
The national electricity grid collapsed six times within a period of eight days this month, latest data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria has...
$75.5m Fibre Optic debt: We’ll rely on Court judgement- TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Friday, January 19, said it would rely on the legal processes it has initiated to recover about $75.5...
TCN set to increase wheeling capacity of Nigeria’s grid to 9,000MW
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed its plan to increase the wheeling capacity of the national grid from 7,000 megawatts (MW) to...
Lagos, Ondo, Ogun plunged into darkness as fire guts NNPC pipeline
Some states in the western parts of the country may remain in darkness, as repair work is yet to commence on the damage caused...
From policies to innovations, how did Nigerian power sector perform in...
…more innovative solutions needed
By Ayobami Adedinni
Nigerians struggled with the barrage of problems in the power sector in 2017 despite two new peaks of 5,155mw...
Ineffective Metering, Major Hindrance to Power Reform
The Power Sector Reform Program has in many ways proved effective in the improvement of the country’s power sector. One of the major problem...
Nigeria transmits highest ever electricity at 5,222 MW
By Ayobami Adedinni
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, on Sunday disclosed that it recorded new national peak with the transmission of 5,222.3 Mega Watts...
Fire Outbreak at KEDCO Sub-station causes Power outage in Kano State
Power outage was experienced within most parts of Kano metropolis on Thursday following a fire outbreak at the Kofar Dan’agundi transmission station in Kano...
