The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has clarified the power transmission disturbances experienced in some parts of the country on Wednesday was caused by the tripping of the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line .
OPTIMUM TIMES reports that the tripping resulted to reduction of Mega Watts of power as low as slightly above 1000MW on the grid for transmission at the time as against above 4000MW.
According to TCN, at 11:34 hours today (Wednesday), the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line tripped at the Omotosho end. At the time, the Benin-Egbin 330kV line was on a scheduled outage for mechanical line tracing.
“The tripping resulted in a cascaded outage affecting the Lagos, Abuja, and Osogbo axis. However all other parts of the grid remained unaffected, contrary to reports of a grid collapse in the media.
“The line has been successfully restored, and normal power supply has been fully restored to the affected areas.”
The TCN in a statement by its General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, assured Nigerians of commitment to efficient delivery of bulk power across the nation as it continue to implement measures to enhance the stability of the
national grid.
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