Power outage: TCN faults Ikeja Disco over blaming grid instability for blackout in Lagos

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has faulted Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, implicit the origin of the prolonged powerfulness outage affecting energy consumers, including Band A customers.

The Federal Government bureau made this clarification successful a connection connected Friday.

TCN said: "Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has noted the nationalist announcement published by Ikeja Electric, IKEDC, connected November 5, 2026, successful which respective Band A feeder outages recorded connected November 3 and 4, 2026, were attributed to 'grid instability' and assigned to TCN arsenic the liable party.

"TCN wishes to authorities intelligibly that this attribution is inaccurate and misleading for the pursuing reasons.

"Root-cause determination is not the mandate of a DisCo.

"By virtuousness of Section 67 of the Electricity Act 2023, the determination of the basal origin of disturbances, shortfalls and interruptions connected the nationalist grid falls exclusively wrong the defined functions of the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO). IKEDC, similar each different marketplace participant, has nary authorization to...