The national electricity grid has been fully restored, following it’s collapse in the early hours, of Monday, as revealed by The Transmission Company of Nigeria.
The TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, declared this in a statement on Monday afternoon.
Early monday morning about 2am the grid collapsed from 2,583.77MW to 64.7MW around 3 am.
This is the sixth time the power grid is collapsing in 2024.
Mbah, had said the collapse of the national grid was caused by a fire outbreak at the Afam power generating station.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announces the full restoration of the national grid following a fire incident at the Afam power generating station, which caused a partial disturbance of the nation’s grid.
“At 02:41Hrs today, 15th April 2024, a fire erupted at the Afam V 330kV bus bar coupler, leading to the tripping of units at Afam III and Afam VI. This resulted in a sudden generation loss of 25MW and 305MW respectively, destabilizing the grid and causing a partial collapse.
“During the incident, the Ibom Power plant was isolated from the grid and was supplying parts of the Port Harcourt Region. This further minimized the effect of the system disturbance. TCN confirms that the affected section of the grid has been fully restored and stabilised,” she said.
Ndidi stated that the company would continue to invest in measures that will strengthen the grid infrastructure.
“TCN reaffirms its commitment to enhancing the resilience and reliability of the national grid and pledges to continue investing in measures aimed at strengthening the grid infrastructure,” the statement concluded,” she assured.
