The Transmission Company of Nigeria has released a press statement informing the public on total grid collapse which occurred early hours of this morning causing outage nationwide.
This statement was signed by the Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs, where he expressed the terrible incident while noting that the grid restoration nationwide is in progress and in advanced stage with power supply now available in most part of the country,
The full statement reads:
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN hereby notes that grid restoration nationwide Is in progress, and has reached advanced stages with power supply now available in the West, North Central, South, East and a large portion of the Northern parts of the country.
“The power supply restoration is sequel to the total grid collapse which occurred at about 12.35am this morning, causing outage nationwide, after over 421 days of consistent grid stability.
“In the cause of the grid restoration, the process initially suffered a setback: this does not amount to another collapse. In the cause of any grid restoration process, challenges may be encountered, this happened today while the grid restoration was in progress, but it was promptly addressed.
“It would be recalled that the last total system collapse recorded, was on 20th July, 2022 and since then, to the 13th of September, 2023, (421 days). Prior to this, the system had been stable inspite of the challenges posed by zero spinning reserve and lack of System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
essential to a strong and stable grid, among others.
“TCN had been able to maintain 400 days of grid stability because it developed and deployed in-house stop gap measures and tools which it has continued to use to manage the nations grid, ensuring its stability.
“The incident notwithstanding. TCN is determined to continue to do its best to ensure grid stability.
“Meanwhile, the colapse which occured after a fire incident on Kanji/ Jebba 330kV line is being investigated, with the view to forestaling future occurence and invariably further strengthen the grid.
Ndidi Mbah
GM, Public Affairs
14/9/23
