The Transmission Company of Nigeria has successfully restored the national electricity grid, which experienced a collapse in the early hours of Monday.
Ndidi Mbah, the General Manager of Public Affairs at TCN, made this announcement in a statement issued Monday afternoon, April 15. The grid collapsed from 2,583.77MW at 2 am on Monday to 64.7MW around 3 am, marking the sixth occurrence of such an event in 2024.
Mbah attributed the collapse of the national grid to a fire outbreak at the Afam power generating station.
“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.
“At 02:41Hrs today, 15th April 2024, a fire erupted 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, destabilising the grid and causing a partial collapse.
“During the incident, the Ibom Power plant was isolated from the grid and was supplying parts of the Port Harcourt Region. This further minimised the effect of the system disturbance. TCN confirms that the affected section of the grid has been fully restored and stabilised,” she said.
Mbah further emphasized TCN’s commitment to investing in measures aimed at enhancing the resilience and reliability of the national grid infrastructure.
