TRANSMISSION COMPANY OF NIGERIA (TCN)

PROVISION OF BLACK START CAPABILITY BY GENERATORS AS ENSHRINED IN THE GRID CODE (GC), MARKET RULES (MR), ANCILLARY SERVICES AGREEMENT (ASA) AND OTHER PROVISIONS CONNECTED THERETO.

...The Grid Code amongst other provisions made Black Start a mandatory Ancillary Services to be contracted by the System Operator. In other words, Generators that are connected to the National Grid must provide Black Start, save for approved derogation.

All necessary contracts must be executed (e.g ASA) between the System Operator and Generators for the provision of Black Start Capability. Kindly see sections 17.1.1, 17.2.1, 17.3.1 and 18 of the Grid Code.

HOW MO CAUSES MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT IN NIGERIA ELECTRICITY MARKET

The Nigeria Electricity Market performance has been a cause of concerned to participants and stakeholders in the Power Sector. Eric Ephraim Ene, write on the actions taken so far by the Market Operations (MO), of TCN to address the dwindling fortune of the market.

The policy is aimed at achieving the following for the industry capacity and load growth and Improving Market Liquidity.The Strategy is to allow for power purchase by Eligible Customers from Generators with un contracted Capacities through bilateral contracts. For this policy to be effectively implemented at this stage of the Market, the following are required; Development of Balancing Mechanism by MO and participants, to be approved by the Commission and amendment of the MR to allow for Bilateral Contract at this stage of the Market.(MR sections 20.1.4&20.1.5) More

PUBLIC NOTICE

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR ENGAGEMENT OF A REPUTABLE COMPANY FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AUTOMATIC METER READING (AMR) AND DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY MARKET

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) intends to engage the Service of a Reputable company for the Procurement of Automatic Meter Data Acquisition and Data Management System for the Nigerian Electricity Market.

Check the Nation, Thisday Newspapers and the FEDERAL TENDER JOURNAL for more details.

Federal Government Declares Eligibility Transactions in the Power Sector

Operations in the power sector enters a new stage with the Federal Government declaring the much-anticipated eligibility transactions in the power market. This eligibility operation is expected to drive up efficiency, accountability, competition as well as customer-centered orientation among participants in the electricity market. In a major policy directive, the Honourable Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola,