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Isaac Anumihe, Abuja
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and its Senior Staff of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSEAC) are at loggerheads over the new generation peak of 5,357 megawatts (mw) announced by the company last week.
The President General of SSEAC, Chris Okonkwo, had said that the new peak has some political coloration and should be taken with a pinch of salt. But TCN had reacted sharply saying that peak load is a collective effort of the power sector value chain and is verifiable not only from the National Control Centre, but also through individual generating companies that send the power into the grid.
“For nine consecutive days, the grid’s daily peak has been in excess of 5,000mw from February 5 – 13, 2019. After the peak of 5,375mw was recorded on February 7, the trend of over 5,000mw persisted, and it is noteworthy that the power sector had never had it this good as what usually obtained was a sharp drop after a new peak is attained,” the General Manager, Public Affairs of TCN, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, had said.
She argued that the trend of performance is unprecedented and is in tandem with the incremental power policy of the present government.
“This trend of performance is unprecedented and is an indication that the incremental power policy of the President Muhammad Buhari administration in the sector is positively impacting the power industry. It also shows that there has been substantial increase in investments in the sector as that is the only way such trend can be sustained.
“TCN further notes that the power sector has the capacity to attain higher peak levels given the significant increase in generation and transmission capacities to about 7,450mw and 8,100mw respectively,” she said.
