Barely 24 hours after it raised the alarm that several power plants were operating at zero generation, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Tuesday disclosed that supply to the plants have improved.
TCN in a statement in Abuja said it was receiving “unprecedented support from the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) led by the GMD, Mr. Mele Kyari and Chief Operating Officer of Gas and Power, Yusuf Usman, in resolving the issue of gas availability to thermal power plants and this has significantly improved gas supply to gas generation stations nationwide”.
The company added: “Consequently, power plants previously experiencing gas supply shortage have started generating power to the Grid and if the trend continues, the problem of gas supply to power plants will be resolved in a matter of hours and also Distribution Companies as well as Point Load Consumers of Electricity will be adequately served”.
Chief Executive Officer of TCN, Usman Gur Mohammed, praised the management of NNPC, generation companies, distribution companies, TCN staff on their duty posts nationwide and other sector players for the effort in sustaining the Grid during this trying period.
