Blackout looms as TCN Shutdown Nigeria’s biggest Power Generating Station

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the shutdown of Nigeria’s largest thermal generating station, Egbin Power Station.

The shutdown has resulted in electricity outages in certain parts of the country, as the Egbin power generating set is said to be Nigeria’s largest thermal generating station.

The Egbin Power Plant is situated in Lagos, with an installed capacity of 1,320 MW to the country’s National

In a TCN statement dated Monday, December 18, the TCN said the power station was shut down for maintenance. It said the shutdown was necessary to address a gas pipeline leak.

As a result, there will be a decrease of 676MW of power supplied to the national grid for 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 linwillking gas pipeline supplying gas.

“The station 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.