TCN Lists Three Nigerian States to Experience Blackout for Two Days
- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that three states will experience power outages for two days
- The states that will be affected by the development include Gombe and some parts of Yola and Bauchi states
- TCN said the development would also affect the bulk power supply to Jos and Yola DisCos through the T1A transformer
Legit.ng journalist Zainab Iwayemi has over three years of experience covering the Economy, Technology, and Capital Market.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced electricity consumers in three Nigerian states will experience power outages on Thursday and Friday over scheduled maintenance of power facilities.
According to the TCN, the outage will affect Gombe and some parts of Yola and Bauchi states.
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The company communicated this in a statement signed by Ndidi Mbah, TCN's general manager of public affairs.
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Maintenance to last 8 hours daily
According to Mbah, the maintenance will last eight hours, running from 9 am to 5 pm on each day.
She stated:
“Maintenance crew will carry out scheduled preventive maintenance on the bay of its T1A 150MVA, 330/132/33kV transformer bay on Thursday and Friday, January 18 and 19, 2024.”
The exercise is expected to see TCN transfer load from the T1A 150MVA transformer to its T2A 150MVA transformer in the same substation.
She also revealed that Jos and Yola DisCos' bulk power supply will be interrupted via the T1A transformer.
She clarified that the transformer bulk supplies will only be impacted during the transfer period and not for the full eight hours required to finish the maintenance activity on both days.
“The short outage during the transfer period would affect supply to Gombe and some parts of Yola and Bauchi states only, during transfer time on both days.
“TCN will, however, restore bulk power supply through the transformer immediately after the maintenance exercise.”
The TCN said it regretted any inconvenience this may cause electricity consumers within the affected areas.
The Punch reported that on Saturday, the TCN maintenance team performed planned preventative maintenance on the Jos-Lafia 330kV transmission lines, which they claimed had been obsolete for a while.
TCN speaks on improved electricity supply
Legit.ng had reported that the TCN declared that the fifty-three (53) ongoing power projects sponsored by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) power intervention fund would be finished by May 2024.
TCN programme coordinator, Matthew Ajibade, revealed this on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, while leading a tour of three projects at the Ojo, Isolo, and Oworonshoki transmission stations in Lagos.
Ajibade said that after the project is finished, the capacity to transmit electricity would increase by more than 1,000 megawatts.
The FG also earlier addressed the nationwide blackout in the country in December 2023.
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