September 27, (THEWILL) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored the national grid, which collapsed earlier on Monday.
Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
Mbah said that the national grid experienced partial system disturbance at about 10.51 am, as a result of a sudden drop in system frequency, which created system instability.
She said, “The restoration of the affected part of the grid commenced immediately at 11.55 am with Osogbo/Ihovbor back to the grid, followed by Jebba/Osogbo, Kainji/Jebba, Benin/Onisha, Shiroro/Kaduna, Shiroro/Katampe, and Alaoji/Ikot-Ekpene.
“Others are Lokoja/Gwagwalada, Odukpani/Ikot Ekpene, Benin/Omotosho, Oke-Aro/Ikeja west, Egbin/Oke-Aro and Kaduna/Kano.
“The National Control Centre (NCC) said a full-scale investigation is being conducted to establish and ascertain the cause of the partial disturbance, as this unwholesome event has resulted in aggregated generation loss”, she concluded.
She added that the grid restoration has almost been completed, adding that the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) regrets any inconveniences caused.
According to her, NESI is committed to leveraging the concerted interventions instituted so far to enhance power supply reliability so that the issue of system disturbance will soon become outdated.
Mbah added that NESI appreciated the understanding of electricity customers within and outside the country.
THEWILL, had on Monday, reported that the national grid collapsed, resulting in power outage across the country.
Electricity distribution companies had informed their customers of the disruption of power.
Ikeja Electric said the national grid collapsed at 10:50 am on Monday, noting that “this has affected the transmission stations within our network and resulted in the loss of power supply to our customers.”
The DISCOs equally apologised to them, saying work was being done to fix the issue.
“We are working with our TCN partners to restore supply as soon as possible,” Eko Electricity Distribution Company also said, “We apologise for the inconvenience.”
Monday’s incident is the latest in a series of blackouts in the country owing to the incessant collapse of the national grid.
The national grid had collapsed eight times this year with the last one coming in July. It equally collapsed in June, March, and April 2022.
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