Energy Business Digest
TCN Reports System Collapse Due to Trippings from Egbin Power Station
Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has reported that the total system collapse recorded on Thursday, September 28 was triggered by multiple trippings of three units at the Egbin Power Station in Lagos State. According to the release from TCN, a post mortem analysis of the event indicated that grid generation before the trippings was 4,262.7MW […]
No Plans to Revoke Power Sector Privatization- Fashola
The new owners of power sector assets can be rest assured as the Federal Government has ruled out the possibility of revoking licences given to them to run the country’s power sector. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, cleared the air at the Policy Dialogue on the Power Sector, organised by the […]
Abuja DisCo Calls Debtors in Niger State to Pay up 770m Debt
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has cried out that the huge debt of over N770 million owed by the Niger State government, industrial, commercial and other private customers in the state was crippling the operations of the company. The AEDC Director, Risk and Compliance, Mr Collins Chabuka, made the declaration while soliciting the support […]
3rd National Council of Power Meeting in Jos, Plateau State
We will give you more power, but you have to pay promptly – PS tells Togo & Benin Republics
The Nigerian Government has started talking tough to neighboring countries that benefit from power supply generated in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Power, Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Louis Edozien told some representatives of power utilities in the Republics of Benin and Togo that Nigeria was ready to improve power supplied to them. […]
WAPP, Ministry of Power, NERC, TCN & DisCos Officials Meet on New Transmission Line to Benin Republic
TCN is not the Weakest Link Anymore – TCN MD
Once again, the Interim Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Mr Usman Gur Mohammed has declared that TCN was no longer the weakest link in the power equation in Nigeria. Gur Mohammed made the declaration in the 2-day Kick-off meeting for the construction of the 2nd Transmission Line to wheel electricity from Lagos, Nigeria […]
3rd National Power Council Meets to Discuss Sector Challenges
The 3rd National Council on Power (NACOP) kicked-off in Jos, Plateau State capital, 18th September with the theme “Completing Power Sector Reforms”. The Council whose opening session is being chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Power, Louis Edozien, is to examine the challenges of the moment and take decisions to overcome them to ensure the sector […]
NIPP to Boost Transmission Infrastructure by N540b Investments – Ugbo
The Managing Director/CEO of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC), Mr Chiedu Ugbo has declared that the organization has embarked on an investment of over $1.5 billion (N540 billion) in upscaling the national Transmission infrastructure. Mr Ugbo made the declaration during the Guardian Newspaper Power Summit, “Beyond Rhetoric: Turning Nigeria’s Power Sector Value […]
TCN to Maintain Major Transformer in Abuja With Minimal Power Interruption
President Buhari Appoints Aliyu Tahir as NEMSA MD/CEO
Ibadan DisCo Falls into AMCON’s Hands
Clement on TCN Commissions 2 Power Transformers in 2 States in One Day
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