The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has linked gas restrictions impacting thermal generating businesses to the recent nationwide reduction in power supply.
Remember that Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu pledged during his New Year’s broadcast that his administration is dedicated to a new agreement to expedite the Siemens Energy power project, which will eventually provide Nigerian households with a consistent supply of electricity?
Ndidi Mbah, the general manager of public affairs at TCN, however, revealed that the constraints on gas supply have led to a decline in power generation, which has an effect on the amount of bulk power that is available on the transmission grid.
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Mbah underlined in a statement that TCN is actively working with electricity sector stakeholders to preserve grid stability in spite of the current challenges in power generation.
The statement reads, “The Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN hereby announces that there has been a gradual decrease in available generation into the grid due to gas constraints to the thermal generating companies, which has impacted the quantum of bulk power available on the transmission grid for onward transmission to the distribution load centres nationwide.
“TCN is doing everything possible in collaboration with stakeholders in the power sector to ensure that it keeps the grid intact despite the current low power generated into the system.
“Consequent to the current load on the grid, load distributed to the distribution load centres have also been reduced, as TCN can only transmit what is generated.
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“TCN is committed to ensuring a gradual increase in electricity supply to load centres as gas improves to the power available thermal plants.
“Please bear with us as we continue to work with the stakeholders in the value chain to ensure that supply through distribution companies to electricity consumers nationwide improves”, the statement concluded
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