By Mary Onyia
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has restored electricity to most parts of the country, twenty-four hours after the national grid reportedly collapsed, leading to power outage in some significant parts of the country
This is the grid’s sixth collapse this year alone even as recovery efforts are underway to reinstate electricity to all parts of the country.
TCN has reassured consumers that full restoration will be achieved soon. It added that power restoration was at 90%.
Power supply has been successfully restored to critical areas, including the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centres across the country.
In a statement, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, explained that the “national grid experienced a partial disturbance on Monday, October 14, 2024, at around 6:48 p.m., and efforts to fully restore the grid are ongoing.”
Mbah added, “Although grid recovery started immediately, with Azura power station initiating the blackstart, the process reached advanced stages by 10:24 a.m. today, but a challenge caused a slight setback.”
Despite the setback, Mbah noted that TCN continued its recovery efforts, and grid restoration is now at an advanced stage, with power supply restored to about 90% of TCN substations across the country. The Abuja area and other major distribution centers have regained power.
He further said that the partial disturbance did not affect the Ibom Gas power plant, which had been isolated from the grid, adding that Ibom continued to supply electricity to the South-South region, including Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kV substations.
According to Mbah, TCN will conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the incident once the grid is fully restored.