TCN accuses Ikeja Electric of misleading customers over feeder outages

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has accused Ikeja Electric of misleading customers over recent feeder outages in parts of Lagos. The distribution company had claimed that the disruptions were due to grid instability, but TCN disputes this, insisting that the outages were largely caused by reduced power generation and faults on Ikeja Electric’s own network.

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), not distribution companies like Ikeja Electric, is responsible for determining the causes of grid disturbances, according to TCN. NISO had not attributed the outages to Ikeja Electric's network. TCN attributes the reduced generation to gas supply constraints affecting thermal power stations and lower output from hydroelectric stations due to lower water inflows.

The company argues that the shortfall experienced by Ikeja Electric's customers was a consequence of reduced generation and lower allocation, not a failure of the transmission network.