By Chidiebere Ugwu
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday provided insights into the prevailing gradual decrease in available electricity generation into the grid.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs, said the unfortunate trend is due to gas constraints to the thermal generating companies, regretting that this has impacted the quantum of bulk power available on the transmission grid for onward transmission to the distribution load centers nationwide.
Mbah, however, assured that TCN is doing everything possible in collaboration with stakeholders in the power sector to ensure that it continues to keep the grid intact in spite of the current low power generated into the system.
“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 centers nationwide.
“TCN is doing everything possible in collaboration with stakeholders in the power sector to ensure that it continues to keep the grid intact in spite of the current low power generated into the system .
“Consequent upon the current load on the grid, load distributed to the distribution load centres have also reduced, as TCN can only transmit what is generated.
“TCN is committed to ensuring a gradual increase in electricity supply to load centers as gas improves to 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” reads the statement in parts.
