National grid fully restored after collapse, says TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said the collapsed national electricity grid is now fully restored.

Spokesperson for TCN, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement Monday afternoon.

On Monday, the country’s electricity grid collapsed yet again, which led to generation dropping to 64.70 megawatts.

The latest collapse happened just less than a month after the national grid system collapsed in March.

Reacting to the incident, the TCN’s spokesperson said the collapse of the national grid was caused by a fire incident at the Afam power generating station.

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“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announces the complete restoration of the national grid following a fire incident at the Afam power generating station, which caused a partial disturbance of the national grid.

“At 02:41 hrs today, 15th April 2024, a fire erupted at the Afam V 330kV busbar coupler, leading to units tripping at Afam III and Afam VI.”

Mbah explained that said the Ibom Power plant was isolated from the grid and was supplying parts of the Port Harcourt region.

She stated that this further minimised the effect of the system disturbance.