The national grid has been fully restored hours after it partially collapsed and plunged some parts of the country into darkness, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said.
“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,” TCN’s GM of Public Affairs Ndidi Mbah said in a Monday statement.
She said the fire incident started early Monday morning 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,” the TCN official said.
According to her, 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 stabilized,” she stated.
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. pic.twitter.com/zqGGdQ6iRs
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