According to
officials of the company, this new generation peak is an improvement on
the 4,454.1mw attained on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, and assured
that as gas supply continues to improve and more National Integrated
Power Projects (NIPP) come on stream, the transmission and distribution
companies will continue to harness every available generation to ensure
that stable electricity supply is delivered to customers.
In a
release, Olusola Akinniranye, CEO, TCN, says the company is not
relenting in its efforts to continue to strengthen the transmission
grid, noting that efforts are presently ongoing to restore the
Benin-Egbin 330kV line as well as complete the new transmission –
distribution interface projects, which will further enhance the
company’s power evacuation capacity.
The TCN therefore appeals to
all citizens of the nation to continue to partner it in protecting
electricity installations nation-wide. The need to forestall any act of
vandalism, it said, is vital in the transmission and sustenance of power
generated, as vandalism constitutes major setback in the improvement of
power supply situation in the country.
The current status of the transmission network capabilities is inefficient and grossly inadequate.
The radial
transmission structure does not allow for system reliability, this
coupled with irregular maintenance and lack of facility upgrade have
incapacitated the network from functioning, thereby resulting in high
technical loses.
For the transmission system
to however fully satisfy its industrial customers, the power system
value chain - generation, transmission and distribution - should all
have sufficient capacity, reliability and availability to meet the needs
of all industrial customers, irrespective of location and load demand
The transmission network has
been encumbered by series of problem ranging from technical issues and
political intrigues, which delayed the taking over of the company by
Manitoba, the company contracted to manage the network for three year.
The
president had to intervene before the letter that would enable the
company take over the management of the company could be forwarded to
him for him to append his signature.
The Bureau
for Public Procurement had insisted that there were some anomalies in
the contract document and therefore urged the government to
cancelled it.
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