Victor Ezeja
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has assured that its engineers are working hard to restore power supply after the system experienced disruption on Tuesday afternoon.
According to a statement by the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, the incident occurred at 1:52 pm on Tuesday, 5th November, leading to a blackout in major parts of the country.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe statement said the grid collapse was caused by series of lines and generators that tripped off.
Though TCN did not state why the power generators tripped off, causing instability on the grid, experts believe it might not be unconnected with gas supply constraints suffered by the generation companies (GenCos).
It said data from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo, revealed that a part of the grid was not affected by the power disruption.
As at 04:45 pm, hourly generation data indicated that none of 20 power GenCos were supply a single megawatt of power as all were reading 0MW.
“TCN engineers are already working to quickly restore the bulk power to states affected by the partial disturbance,” TCN stated.
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It disclosed that bulk power supply has been restored to Abuja at about 02:49 pm, adding that they are gradually restoring to other parts of the country.
Prime Business Africa reports that this is the ninth time in 2024 and the first in November.
The nation experienced grid collapsed three times in October.
Grid Collapse Timeline 2024
Sunday, February 4
Thursday, March 28
Monday, April 15
Saturday, July 16
Monday, August 5
Monday, 14th October
Partial Collapse on Tuesday, 15th October.
Disturbance on Saturday, 19th October.
Disturbance on Tuesday, 5th November.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with seven years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication.
