Waiting for Fed Govt’s PSA review

Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) are on the edge as they await the final review of their Performance Service Agreements (PSA) on December 31, this...

TCN seeks DisCo’s liquidation

The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Usman Gur  Mohammed on Thursday, said he has made recommendation that one of the 11 distribution...

How explosion at Kainji caused nationwide blackout – Power minister, Adelabu

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has disclosed the cause of the nationwide blackout that happened in the early hours of Thursday. The minister said there...

GenCos releases 3,367 MWH of electricity to national grid – report

By Constance Imasuen Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, said they released an average of 3,367 MegaWatts/Hour of electricity into the national...

Jos Disco to install meters for 200,000 customers

Jos Electricity Distribution Plc has successfully installed electricity meters for over 88,500 customers in their franchise states of Bauchi, Benue, Gombe and Plateau under...

DisCos deny dropping load allocation

ELECTRICITY Distribution Companies (DisCos) on Monday denied the allegation of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that the system collapse that was experienced on...

Disco workers’ strike causes blackout in four northern states

Workers of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company have embarked on an industrial action, leaving residents of Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Kebbi states in darkness. The...

FG sets aside $1.61bn for 24 hour power supply – TCN

By Abbas Bamalli The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Alhaji Usman Gur says the Federal Government in collaboration with international donor agencies  has...

Minister pledges to tackle power challenges in Igala land

John Ofikhenua, Abuja The Minister of Power Engr Sale Mamman, has directed both the ministry officials and the Transmission Company of Nigeria to find a...

Unit Cost Of Electricity Production N56 Less Than Discos Claimed -Power Generation Companies

The Association of Power Generation Companies says the most expensively-produced electricity in the country is valued at N24. The Executive Secretary of APGC, Joy Agaji, told...

Estimated billing: Residents threaten to sue minister, DISCO, others

Residents of Agbado-Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of Lagos yesterday threatened to sue Ikeja Electric, the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, the Nigerian Electricity...

BEDC decries rising cases of vandalism

Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) PLC has decried rising cases of vandalism across its franchise zone. It said besides being an economic crime, the vandalism...

Enugu assembly urges Federal Ministry of Power to review EEDC’s monopoly

By Ifeoma Aka Enugu State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Ministry of Power to review the monopoly being enjoyed by the Enugu Electricity...

YEDC Organizes Stakeholders Meeting on Proposed New Tariff

The Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC), has organized stakeholder consultation on the extra ordinary review of multi-year traffic order (MYTO), for Adamawa, Taraba and Yobe...

Nationwide blackout looms as electricity workers threaten strike

A nationwide blackout is imminent as electricity workers, under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have vowed to down tool if...

Abuja to experience six-hour blackout Saturday -TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that some residents of the Federal Capital Territory would experience six hours of power outage on Saturday. TCN...

Tinubu, Nigerians await your power sector plan

The collapse of the national electricity power grid several times in the last one month accentuates the country’s ongoing energy sector crises and raised...

Restore power supply in Yenagoa, Reps charge TCN

The House of Representatives has charged the Transmission Company of Nigeria to urgently restore power in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The resolution of the...

TCN MD VISITS VANDALISED SITE IN AKWA IBOM STATE.

TCN Management led by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of TCN, Engr. Dr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz today, undertook an on-the-spot assessment of...

DisCos, TCN, others trade blames over power rejection

The decision by the power distribution companies (DisCos) to reject a total of 17,657.19 megawatts (Mw) of electricity allocated to them, on the national...