The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said that it has successfully restored the national grid that collapsed yesterday.
TCN in a statement on released on Friday evening, they sated that the national that was reported to have fallen of Thursaday was fully recovered 10:00 p.m. that same day.
The report from the National Control Centre, in Osogbo, indicated that the system disturbance was triggered by a significant reduction in generation capacity, primarily due to gas constraints.
It noted that the reduction led to a rapid decline in system frequency, creating a sudden grid imbalance.
TCN added that the imbalance in grid stability was exacerbated by the sudden tripping of Egbin generation turbine 3, resulting in an additional loss of 167MW load and the subsequent collapse of the grid.
Thursday’s incident marked the second time the national grid has collapsed this year following an earlier collapse on February 4 which threw the nation into darkness.
The national grid also collapsed multiple times in 2023. It collapsed twice in September 2023 alone and once in December that year.
The company assured the citizens of their commitment to actively work on the challenges facing the frequent disruptions.
