Power Grid Records Eighth Total Collapse This Year   The nation’s power grid recorded its eighth total collapse this year on Sunday, plunging consumers across the country into blackout for some hours. The government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria, which manages the grid, blamed electricity distribution companies for...

National Grid: TCN Disconnects Enugu Disco Over Non-compliance The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Tuesday announced the disconnection of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company from Nigeria’s power grid as a result of the Disco’s noncompliance with the conditions of market rules and market participation agreements. It disclosed...

Power Distributors Issue Condition For Recapitalisation   The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors has said the recapitalisation of Discos, being canvassed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, will happen when investors in the Discos see a pathway of recovering their investments. In his address at the just-concluded...

We'll Resist Power Transmission Shutdown, TCN Workers Vow   Workers at the Transmission Company of Nigeria on Wednesday vowed to maintain stiff resistance against the move by the Trade Union Congress to shutdown the electricity transmission arm of the country’s power sector. It was observed on Wednesday...

It’s Illegal For Discos To Supply Industrial Users - TCN The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Wednesday stated that by allocating electricity consumers within the 132kv lines to the distribution companies (Discos), the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has violated the Electric Power Sector Reform...

TCN: Nigeria To Dominate Trade In W/Africa's Power Market   Nigeria has attained the frequency control level required by member countries of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to synchronise with and comfortably sell electricity to countries in the region and earn income, the...