The Nigerian National grid has attained an all time maximum energy wheel out of 101, 088 Mega Watt Hour.
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), operator of the grid, which revealed this on Thursday, maintained that it successfully wheeled out this power volume considered unprecedented in Nigeria’s history.
General Manager, Public Affairs, of the company, Mrs. Seun Olagunju, said in a statement that the achievement was made on Wednesday, 5th August, 2015.
According to the statement, the company, under the MHI management team, had articulated a short, medium and long terms grid expansion plans aimed at growing and sustaining improvement in the nation’s transmission grid and that TCN has continued to pursue these plans vigorously to ensure that its grid expansion goals and timelines are met.
The statement further noted that it is in line with this that the company has been able to comfortably wheel 101,088MWH, the maximum energy ever moved along the nation’s transmission line on 5th August, 2015. This development, TCN noted, is indicative of the networks growing capability to evacuate even more energy.
