Colonel Sani Bello (Rtd) is the Chairman, board of directors of Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL), concessionaire for the Kainji and Jebba hydropower plants in Niger State. In this interview, Col. Bello spoke about the implications of the calls to reverse the gains of the power sector privatisation and what...
The Nigerian power industry has achieved yet another improved all-time national peak of 5,420.30 megawatts (MW).
The General Manager, Public Affairs at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ndidi Mbah, on Thursday said, the energy was effectively transmitted through the national grid at a frequency of 50.10Hz at 9:15pm, August...
The Federal Government has dismissed claims that it will dismantle the power Distribution Companies (DisCos) but warned them to improve on electricity supply.
The Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba disclosed this on Thursday when he inspected the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC),on saying he had gone to...
The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc. (NBET) is consulting with industry stakeholders to secure additional 40MW of grid distributed electricity for Nigeria.
NBET disclosed this shortly after a consultative forum on Tuesday 12th April 2022 with representatives of distribution companies (DISCOs) across the country, and the Sector Regulator (NERC), as...
A recent statement made by the Nigeria Finance Minister, Mrs. Zeinab Ahmed, on Politics Today on Channels Television that if the current Coronavirus pandemic, CONVID-19, is prolonged in containing, the economy may once again slip into another recession.
The Honourable Minister was only being economical with the truth. The Minister...
There is widespread protest at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) headquarters in Abuja over the removal of Mr Usman Gur Mohammed as the Managing Director on Tuesday.
The members of the unions comprising the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) and the Nigerian Union of Electricity...
The Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) owes eight Generation Companies (GenCos) built by the three tiers of government, over N190 billion in debt for energy generated and supplied to consumers on the national grid.
There are 10 National integrated Power Projects (NIPP) GenCos developed by the Niger Delta Power...
The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariffs from July 1st, 2020 and succeeded in convincing the Distribution Companies(DISCOs) to defer the plan till the first quarter of 2021.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, the Speaker of...
The management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc has commenced
implementation of the new Service Reflective Tariff Plan (SRT) across its franchise area.
The Service Reflective Tariff (SRT) plan is a NERC mandated tariff structure whereby an upward increment in tariffs will result in substantially longer hours of power supply, good quality...
Another outage has rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital and its environs as suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two towers on a power transmission line.
According to sources in the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the incident occurred on Saturday morning along the 330 kilovolts Damaturu to Maiduguri transmission...
