The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has responded to the recent breakdown of the national grid, which occurred early Saturday morning, calling it a “temporary grid disturbance.”
This incident marks the third collapse of the national grid within the week, leaving many states across the country experiencing total blackouts.
Data from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org) indicated that the grid recorded a shocking zero megawatts (MW) at 8:16 am, highlighting the severity of the situation.
In a statement addressing the collapse, TCN’s General Manager for Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, explained that the disturbance was triggered by an explosion in the bus section of a current transformer at the 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation.
However, she assured the public that power has since been restored following the incident.
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The statement reads, “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the national grid experienced a temporary disturbance at about 8:15 am, today, 19th Oct. 2024.
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“According to the report from the NCC, the bus section of a current transformer exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation and as expected, the protection system was activated, and this promptly opened the busbars to curtail the explosion, thereby preventing outbreak of fire and further damage to adjacent equipment.
“The action of the protection system led to a temporary disturbance on the grid.
“Our engineers at Jebba have successfully carried out switchings, isolating the faulty current transformer. They have equally reconfigured the busbar arrangement, restoring power supply to the station, and other parts of the grid.”
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