IKEDC’s grid instability declare inaccurate, deceptive – TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has rejected claims by Ikeja Electric (IKEDC) which attributed a number of Band A feeder outages recorded on third and 4th November 2026 to “grid instability”.

In a press release signed by its Management on Friday, TCN described the claims as inaccurate and deceptive, including that root-cause dedication shouldn’t be the mandate of a Distribution Company.

“By virtue of Section 67 of the Electricity Act 2023, the determination of the root cause of disturbances, shortfalls and interruptions on the national grid falls exclusively within the defined functions of the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO). IKEDC, like every other market participant, has no authority to make such determinations, and NISO has made none attributing the outages in IKEDC’s notice to TCN,” it stated.

TCN stated NISO has already said the true place in its public clarification of 5 November 2026.

“NISO attributed the current decline in power generation to constraints in gas supply to thermal power stations and reduced output from hydroelectric stations due to lower reservoir inflows,” it stated.

 NISO defined that this decreased obtainable technology, which in flip decreased the vitality allotted to DisCos and led to fewer hours of provide and elevated load shedding throughout distribution networks. The affect on every DisCo varies with obtainable technology and its allocation.

TCN careworn that it may possibly solely transmit the vitality made obtainable to it.

Presenting figures from its information, TCN stated 68 per cent of interruptions on all feeders supplying IKEDC on 1 and a couple of November have been frequency-control load shedding brought on by low technology.

An additional 26 per cent resulted from IKEDC’s failure to adjust to load allocation set by NISO’s National Control Centre, or from faults and works on IKEDC’s personal community.

The remaining 6 per cent have been TCN deliberate upkeep, switching or a line limitation. TCN stated not one of the interruptions was brought on by a TCN tools fault or journey.

On the 33kV feeders named in IKEDC’s discover, TCN reported 46 interruptions. Of these, 29 have been load shedding as a consequence of low technology, and 14 have been recorded in opposition to IKEDC, comprising 9 circumstances of non-compliance with load allocation and 5 faults or journeys by itself community.

The different 3 have been scheduled TCN upkeep on the Ogba to Alimosho line on 1 November. TCN gave the instance of the Rack Centre feeder, which was interrupted on 2 November by a cable fault on IKEDC’s community that its personal crew repaired.

It added that IKEDC’s discover itself assigns a number of of the feeders, together with MTN, Iju Water Works and Rack Centre, to IKEDC for 33kV faults.

TCN stated blaming technology shortfalls on it misinforms prospects, weakens public confidence and hides the true challenges that each one stakeholders should sort out collectively.

It urged IKEDC and different distribution firms to cease making unfounded claims concerning the causes of provide shortfalls and to base their communication on verified data from NISO.

Customers have been additionally suggested to seek the advice of NISO’s official platforms for correct updates on the state of the electrical energy provide trade.

TCN expressed sympathy with these affected by decreased provide hours and pledged to maintain transmitting all obtainable vitality safely and reliably, working with NISO, technology firms and distribution firms to enhance the state of affairs.