**Accuses DisCos Of Misleading, Deceiving Public

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has faulted Distribution Companies (DisCos) under the aegis of Association of Nigeria Electricity Distribution Companies (ANED) which allegedly “twisted the National Grid Data and statistics” in attempts to mislead the public into believing that the DisCos are not rejecting electricity loads allocated to them for distribution.

ANED has falsely claimed and given impression that TCN has not been able to deliver the volume of power demanded daily by each Disco.

But contrary to these, the TCN contended with statistical data that even though DisCos often request for loads based on their assumed capacity of distribution, however loads actually taken by DisCos are always less than their initial demands and their allocations from the transmission company.

TCN cited that on the 22nd of August, 2019, Kano Disco nominated to take 310.60MW while the MYTO allocation to Kano Disco was 359.38MW.

It noted that even though Kano DisCos nominated to take 310.60MW, it was able to actually off-take only 154.17MW, leaving a total of 205.21MW representing 57.10% of MYTO allocation to it initialized.

Further, it said on the same day, Kaduna Disco on the other hand, requested 280.00MW while MYTO allocation to them, was 359.38MW, but the Disco actually collected only 166.52MW from TCN substations, leaving 192.86MW equivalent to 53.66% of MYTO allocation unutilized.

The TCN General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, while presenting tabulated data to buttress the Commission’s position on load rejection by DisCos, assured that the transmission company is working assiduously to put in place a roust transmission grid.

The full text of the statement reads:
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), regaled the nation on Monday, 16th September, 2019, with wholesale falsehood by deliberately misinterpreting simple load analysis. They twisted the National Grid Data and statistics, subtly inferring that there is no load rejection by Discos and that TCN has not been able to deliver the volume of power demanded daily by each Disco.
On simple examination of the ANED’s publication, TCN came to the conclusion that ANED is deliberately out to deceive the good people of Nigeria with mis-analysis of a simple data set.

In the table on page two (2) below, TCN simply presents the true analysis of the data presented by ANED from the Independent System Operator.

As reference to understanding the attached table and chart, take for instance Kano Disco, on the 22nd of August, 2019, Kano Disco nominated to take 310.60MW while the MYTO allocation to Kano Disco was 359.38MW.

It is important to clarify that Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) allocation is a percentage of electricity on the grid that is made available to all the Discos. Discos day ahead nomination is what the Discos say they can off-take out of the MYTO allocation for the next day, while actual consumption is what they eventually take from the available MYTO allocation at the TCN/Disco interface points.

For Kano Disco, even though it nominated to take 310.60MW, it was able to actually off-take only 154.17MW, leaving a total of 205.21MW representing 57.10% of MYTO allocation to it unutilized.
On the same day, Kaduna Disco on the other hand, requested 280.00MW while MYTO allocation to them, was 359.38MW, but the Disco actually collected only 166.52MW from TCN substations, leaving 192.86MW equivalent to 53.66% of MYTO allocation unutilized.

TCN is working assiduously to put in place a roust transmission grid. We would be the first to say that we have not solved all our problems, but we are certainly doing all we can to consistently grow the grid as well as our capacity to move more power to electricity distribution companies nationwide.

TCN hereby note that the presentation of the data and chart attached, is the true interpretation of the data which ANED intentionally misrepresented.

Signed
Ndidi Mbah
GM (Public Affairs)