The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that Monday’s partial national grid collapse was caused by a power outage. It has initiated the process of system recovery to restore the power supply.
Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for TCN, shared this information with DAILY POST during a conversation on Monday.
She explained that the national grid did not experience a complete failure because the Akwa Ibom generating station was “Islanded.” This measure was taken to allow the station to continue supplying power through the Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132-kilovolt substations.
“It was a partial system disturbance.”
“The entire system did not collapse as the IBOM Generating Station was ISLANDED (i.e. separated to stand alone to continue supplying some areas to avoid the entire system going down), to enable It to continue to supply through the eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kv substations.
“Recovery is currently ongoing and has advanced significantly.”
Recall that RAB had reported that Nigeria on Monday at 6:48 pm was thrown into darkness.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the national grid collapse in a statement by its spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh on Monday.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and Eko Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed the national grid collapse.
TCN recorded zero load allocation to the eleven Electricity Distribution Companies.
As of the time this report was filed, power has not been restored in many parts of the country.
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