Nigeria: Electricity - Niso Cuts Transmission Losses to 7.05 Percent, Pushes Grid Stability Reforms

Nigeria: Electricity - Niso Cuts Transmission Losses to 7.05 Percent, Pushes Grid Stability Reforms

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), Abdu Mohammed Bello, has disclosed that transmission losses on the national grid have dropped significantly to 7.05 percent, from levels close to 10 percent recorded at the agency's inception.

Electricity: NISO cuts transmission losses to 7.05%, pushes grid stability reforms

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), Abdu Mohammed Bello, has disclosed that transmission losses on the national grid have dropped significantly to 7.05 percent, from levels close to 10 percent recorded at the agency’s inception.

NERC Orders TCN to Cut Grid Losses to 6.5% by End of 2026 - TV360 Nigeria

New directive targets inefficiencies costing billions monthly, mandates smart metering and stricter reporting across power network…. Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed the Transmission Company of Nigeria to significantly reduce electricity transmission losses across the national grid, setting a firm target of 6.5 percent by December 31, 2026. The order, issued on April 8, 2026, forms part of a broader push to improve efficie…

Nigeria Targets 6.5% Grid Loss As NERC Issues New Efficiency Directive To TCN

Nigeria’s power sector regulator, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has introduced a new performance benchmark aimed at tightening operational efficiency across the national grid, directing the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to reduce system losses to 6.5 percent within the next two years. The directive forms part of a broader effort to strengthen grid reliability and […] The post Nigeria Targets 6.5% Grid Loss as NERC Is…

NISO accelerating  implementation of SCADA to boost grid monitoring

WorldStage– The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), a statutory corporate entity established to manage Nigeria’s electricity grid, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and transparency, has said that it is working to accelerate the implementation of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) to enhance grid monitoring. The SCADA is a software and hardware system that enables industrial organisations to remotely monitor, control, …

How Nigeria loses up to N8bn monthly to power transmission failures

Nigeria’s electricity sector loses between N5 billion and N8 billion every month due to transmission inefficiencies, according to the MD of NISO, Abdu Bello.