The federal government has ordered electricity Distribution companies (Discos) to stop customers from buying transformers, saying that is the Discos’ responsibilities. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, issued the order when he received the new Managing Director of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Mr Ernest Mupwaya, yesterday. He said: “Private purchase of transformers must stop because that … Read More
GENCOs Raise Concern Over TCN’s Operational Capacity
Electricity Generation Companies (Gencos) have attributed the current transmission infrastructure of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) as a threat to the safety of their operations and equipment. The Gencos have, in their expression of distrust with TCN’s operational capacity, also restated similar feelings on TCN as shared by the electricity Distribution Companies (Discos). They had earlier in 2014 warned … Read More