Certain regions of Nigeria are currently experiencing power outages due to the temporary closure of the Egbin Power Station by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) for maintenance purposes.
According to an official statement released by the TCN on Monday via its Official X handle, the shutdown is necessary to address a gas pipeline leak.
The closure of the Egbin Power Station will result in a decrease of 676MW of electricity supplied to the nation’s grid for a duration of 72 hours.
“This is to notify the public that as of 11:13 hours on 18 December 2023, the Egbin Power generating station was shut down to allow the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) to maintain a linking gas pipeline supplying gas.
“The station will be shut down three days from today(Monday).
“This means a reduction of 676MW of bulk power generated into the nation’s grid for three days and consequently the quantum of bulk power available to be delivered to distribution companies’ load centres”, the TCN statement reads.
Egbin Power Plant is Nigeria’s largest thermal generating station in Lagos, with an installed capacity of 1,320 MW to the country’s National grid.