The power sector needs an efficiently managed national grid
Instead of building trusts and working to light up the bewildering darkness in the land, both the electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) are busy trading blame on their inefficiencies. Last week, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) blamed the frequent collapse of the national grid in recent times on the TCN’s lack of standard power protection equipment at its transmission substations.
ANED said it had reported the trend of burnt or failed transmission stations’ incidents in Lagos, Calabar, Abuja, Enugu and Onitsha last May, all due to inadequate transmission protection mechanisms and procedures, adding that the TCN was notorious for dumping “load” on the Discos whenever it had challenges managing energy on its grid. But predictably, the TCN has hit back as it accused the Discos for the collapse because they…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
