The power transmission capacity in the North-East has increased by 100 per cent, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said.

The transmission capacity in the region doubled after the recent installation of two 330kV transmission substations in the North-East, according to TCN.

CEOAfrica learnt that TCN’s Managing Director, Usman Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview in Abuja. He said that the firm had established a task force to monitor the frequency control of the grid in order to ensure that power generation companies abide by the grid code on frequency management.

TCN in its bid to avert system collapse declared that electricity generation companies that failed to comply with the stipulated frequency control that ensured the stability of the power grid would be removed from the grid.

TCN had explained that the failure of some power generators to stick to the prescribed frequency control was contributory to the instability in Nigeria’s grid, a development that occasionally led to power system collapse.