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- Anayo Ezugwu
IN its bid to ensure smooth distribution of electricity to consumers in Nigeria, the management of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has appointed focal person to interface with electricity Distribution Companies, Discos, to guarantee that they take more power to the consumers.
The move will resolve and minimise technical challenges, expand the load and promptly attend to electricity distribution interface issues.
The focal persons were inaugurated recently at the TCN corporate headquarters, Abuja. In a statement signed by Ndidi Mbah, general manager, Public Affairs, TCN, noted that management decided to appoint interface focal persons to upscale power delivery to distribution load centres nationwide.
The appointees include; L. C. Okalla, an engineer, and AGM (T), Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC; Jude Agupusi, assistant general manager, AGM, (SO), Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC; A. O. Balogun, an engineer, AGM (T), Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBDC; C. Iwuamadi, assistant general manager, AGM, (T) and S. O. Omoragbo, AGM (SO) for Eko and Ikeja Distribution companies, respectively.
Others are, Balarabe Abdullahi, AGM (SO), Kano Electricity Distribution Company, KEDC; Engr. M. S. Nuhu, PM (T), Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, KEDC; Engr. A. O. Labaran AGM (SO), Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC; and Engr. M. I. Tijani AGM (SO), Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC; while Engr. M. D. Ahmed, PM (T) Jos Sub Region and Engr. Tijani Ahmadu PM (T), Jos and Yola Electricity Distribution companies, respectively.
According to the statement, the terms of reference, for the focal persons are to liaise with Discos daily as representatives of TCN on all Discos/TCN interface issues, resolve the issues as soon as they occur. The statement further emphasized TCN’s commitment towards improving her wheeling capacity and at the same time maintaining cordial relationship with all the stakeholders in assuring that Nigerians enjoy a more stable electricity supply.
It could be recalled that the TCN had on September 12, stated that Discos still reject electricity loads allocated to them. TCN report on load allocation between August 27, and September 3, showed that the Discos rejected a total of 22,277.53 megawatts, MW, of power produced by power generation companies, Gencos.
The transmission company in its report decried the habit of the Discos in refusing to take maximum electricity loads allocated to them for distribution to their various consumers. This is despite current records from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, and the International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, indicating that more than 89 million Nigerian citizens do not have any form of electricity connections to their homes.
The Discos, according to TCN records, have refused to take up an average of 2,784.6MW every day for distribution to their customers, thereby suggesting that the rejected volumes were produced by the Gencos, and the TCN willing to transmit them.
According to the records obtained from the System Operator’s website, the Discos collectively rejected a total of 1,351.47MW; the next day, they allowed a whopping 3,129.05MW to waste; while on August 30, they simply could not take up 2,841.1MW that was generated.
Similarly, their load rejection acts continued on August 31, when they failed to accept 2,656.46MW of power that was generated; on September 1, they could not take 2,713.95MW; as well as on September 2 and 3, when they could not take 3,010.59MW and 3,267.17MW, respectively. According to the record, Ikeja, Ibadan, and Enugu Discos were among the top in the load rejection acts of the Discos.
The record showed the load rejection acts of the Discos as August 27 include Abuja Disco – 143.27MW; Benin Disco – 134.71MW; Eko Disco -92.97MW; Enugu Disco -166.33MW; Ibadan Disco – 172.11MW; Ikeja – 396.24MW; Jos – 79.14MW; Kaduna – 117.43MW; Kano – 32.22MW; Port Harcourt Disco – 3.14MW; Yola Disco – 13.91MW.
– Sept 22, 2017 @ 12:10 GMT |
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