The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has blamed the latest collapse of the national grid on a series of line and generator trips that caused instability, leading to a partial power disruption.
In a statement, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, explained that the disturbance occurred around 1:52 pm, cutting off power supply. Data from the Independent System Operator (ISO), an autonomous branch of TCN, showed that by 2 pm, none of the power plants connected to the grid were generating electricity.
The ISO’s website reported that the plants were producing an average of 2,711 megawatts at 1 pm but the output dropped sharply to just 61.60 MW shortly after.
This incident follows three previous grid collapses in October, which were linked to a fire at the Jebba transmission station.
However, Ndidi noted that data from the National Control Centre (NCC) indicated that part of the grid remained unaffected by the outage.
“TCN engineers are working to restore power supply to the affected states as quickly as possible,” she said. “Bulk power supply was restored to Abuja by 2:49 pm, and we are gradually bringing power back to other regions.”
She apologized for any inconvenience caused to electricity customers during the disruption.
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