Wanted: 'Smart Grid' As Panacea For Incessant Grid Collapse, by Umar Farouk Ahmad Since its inception in 1886 (the time when electricity was first generated in the country), Nigeria has been mourning from national grid collapse. According to a Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) data, the...

TCN Faults N1.5trn Intervention In Power Sector         The about N1.5tn intervention of the Federal Government in the power sector is not reflecting in the current performance of the industry, the Transmission Company of Nigeria said on Thursday. According to TCN, the intervention was done to boost...

TCN Commissions 2 Power Projects, Targets 5 Others         The acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, has said the company has commissioned two bulk power transmission projects since he assumed office in May 2020, with over five others...

Power Generation Hits All-time High Of 5,459MW – TCN         The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Thursday announced that the nation’s power industry attained another all-time national peak electricity generation of 5,459.5 megawatts. It said this quantum of electricity was efficiently transmitted through the nations transmission grid...

Nigeria’s Electricity Market On Sickbed, TCN Says Nigeria’s electricity market has been nose-diving since the distribution and generation arms of the sector were privatised in 2013 and is currently on a sick bed, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. According to TCN, the sick state...

TCN To Upgrade 7 Power Lines, Targets 10,000MW Soon The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it is set to raise transmission wheeling capacity to 10,000 megawatts (MW) this year by re-conductoring seven critical lines nationwide. The Managing Director/CEO of TCN, Mr Usman Gur Mohammed, who...