The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the shutdown of Nigeria’s largest thermal generating station, Egbin Power Station.
Naija News has learned that the construction, which is believed to be Nigeria’s largest thermal generating station, has caused power disruptions in some areas of the nation.
The TCN announced that the power plant was shut down for maintenance in a statement dated Monday, December 18. It said that in order to fix a gas pipeline leak, the shutdown was required.
This will lead to a 72-hour reduction in the amount of power delivered to the national grid by 676MW.
“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.
Gistlover reports that the Egbin Power Plant is situated in Lagos, with an installed capacity of 1,320 MW to the country’s National grid.
