The Transmission Company has announced that the Egbin Power Station has been shut down to allow the Nigeria Gas Company maintain a linking gas pipeline to the power plant.
It said this would lead to a reduction of 696 megawatts of electricity on the national power grid. Nigeria’s grid delivers between 3,500MW to 4,500MW daily.
In a notice on its official X handle, the TCN said, “This is to notify the public that as at 11:13 hours of December 18, 2023, Egbin Power generating station was shut down to allow the Nigeria Gas Company to maintain linking gas pipeline supplying gas to Egbin Power Station.
“The station will be shut down for three days from today.
“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 nationwide for the period.”
The situation would lead to blackouts in many parts of the country, according to industry operators on Tuesday.