CITIZENS COMPASS – For the third time within a week, Nigeria’s national grid has collapsed once again.
The latest collapse occurred in the early hours of Saturday, throwing many states in the country into total blackout.
Data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org) revealed that the grid recorded zero megawatts (MW) as of 9:20 AM.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on its official X Handle said, “@TCN_NIGERIA hereby states that the national grid experienced a temporary disturbance at about 8:15am, today, 19th Oct. 2024.
The statement by its GM, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah said, “According to the report from the NCC, the bus section of a current transformer exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation
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.”
