System Collapse: TCN To Remove Non-compliant Gencos From Grid To avert system collapse, electricity generation companies that fail to comply with the stipulated frequency control that ensures stability of the power grid will be removed from the grid, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has declared. According...

TCN Invests $170m For Electricity Transmission Upgrade   The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed plan to invest about $170 million on the construction of five new transmission sub-stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. TCN’s Managing Director, Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, made the disclosure...

Gencos Unhappy With TCN’s Frequency Control Practice Power generation companies (Gencos) in Nigeria’s electricity market have frowned on what they described as an unhealthy frequency control practice of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Alleging that the TCN was having challenges controlling the frequency levels of...

To Distribute 20,000MW, Discos Need To Invest $4bn By 2021, Says TCN The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that electricity distribution companies (Discos) would have to invest about $4 billion over the next three years to be able to match its ongoing expansion...

TCN Faults Disco’s Claim, Installs 29 Transformers, Substations The Transmission Company of Nigeria said it had installed 29 power transformers and substations across the country between February 2017 and August 2018. It said the completion of the projects was done in line with the government’s policy...

FG Obtains $1.5bn Fund For Power Transmission The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it has obtained $1.55 billion from multilateral agencies to revive some critical projects and expand the transmission grid. Interim Managing Director of TCN, Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, disclosed this at the 18th...