On Friday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced the successful restoration of the national electricity transmission grid following its collapse.
Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, made this announcement in a statement released on Friday. Nigerians experienced a power outage on Thursday afternoon due to the collapse of the national grid system.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN ) has successfully restored the national grid following a system disturbance that occurred at 4:28 p.m. on Thursday, 28th March 2024, with full recovery achieved by 10:00 p.m. that same day.
“According to a report from the National Control Centre (NCC) in Osogbo, the system disturbance was triggered by a significant reduction in generation capacity, primarily due to gas constraints,” Ms Mbah said.
She explained that this reduction led to a rapid decline in system frequency.
“This created a sudden imbalance in the grid. The imbalance in grid stability was exacerbated by the sudden tripping of Egbin generation turbine 3, resulting in an additional loss of 167MW load and the subsequent grid collapse.
“The grid has, however, since been recovered and is stable and is currently transmitting all the generated power to distribution load centres nationwide,” she added.
She said TCN emphasises its unwavering commitment to addressing grid challenges and actively working to mitigate disruptions.
“In instances where challenges extend beyond TCN’s control, the company collaborates with other stakeholders in the power sector value chain to minimise the impact and swiftly restore the grid to normal operation,” she said.