TVC E. Engr. Godwin Osakwe RTD Head of TCN generation a guest at TVC Breakfast Show (TalkTime) on the 27th of July 2016, has said, he does not subscribe to breaking up of networks, instead the problem should be identified and solved. He said this because the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Lagos Region, had announced that many parts of the state will experience blackout between 10am and 1pm Monday.
He also suggested that more corridors should be created in generating electricity.
According to the TCN, the affected areas are Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Alagbon, Apapa, Ijora, Surulere, Itire, Oshodi, Mushin; the Nigerian Airforce Base, Shogunle, and their environs.
The company said in a statement on Sunday that the disruption of electricity supply to customers in these locations was a result of the need to carry out an urgent maintenance work on the Akangba 132KV transmission substation.
The Public Relations Officer, TCN, Lagos Region, Mrs. Celestina Osin, said in the statement, “The reason for the planned outage is to enable the MBH Contractor carry out a very important repair work on the Itire 132KV Transmission Line 1 and the Ojo 132KV Transmission Line 2 from which the areas are fed electricity for better service to them.
“During the period the outage will last, the 4X90 MVA power transformers and another 150MVA power transformer will be out of service at the Akangba 132KV substation in order to provide a safe working space for the workers.
We promise to restore supply to all the affected areas as soon as the work is concluded.
“We sincerely apologise for the short notice on the outage and regrets inconveniences this will cause all that will be affected.”
The Transmission Development Project should help to ease immediate power supply constraint on economic growth and will contribute to a new restructured power sector, reversing the current drain on the national budget.
The government has entered into an estimated $800 milliondeal with US-based Enron and its Nigerian partners, Yinka Folawiyo Power Limited to build a 560 MW plant. In the first phase, Enron will generate 90 megawatts from two barges at Ijora. During the second phase, due to commence in October 1999, Enron will finance, build, own and operate a new 560-megawatt gas turbine power plant to be located at Morogbo, near Agbara. Enron will also be expected to finance, build, own and operate a 280-km 24-inch offshore natural gas pipeline to supply Independent Power Plants (IPPs). It is expected that the project will be completed in 2001.
A subsidiary of AES Corporation has acquired a majority interest in a barge-mounted electric generating business in Lagos. The investment is US$ 225 million and will secure AES with majority share in the 290 MW plant. Power from the plant will be sold to NEPA.
Eskom Enterprises, the commercial arm of South African power utility Eskom, is to roll-out a 380 kilometer transmission line between three Nigerian towns. A deal has reportedly been signed between Eskom Enterprises and NEPA for the 330kV transmission line that will run between the towns of Gombe and Yola, and Yola and Jaling in Nigeria’s western regions.
The Lagos State Independent Power Project (IPP) has injected 90 MW into the national grid through the commission of the project’s first phase in 2001. The second phase will add a further 270 MW of capacity. The project uses gas-powered barges moored at the station to generate power.
