Mohammed Usman, managing director
of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says the national electricity
grid collapsed on Wednesday due to a multiple tripping on its substation in
Onitsha, Anambra state.
Speaking at a press conference in
Abuja on Friday, Usman said the collapse may also be as a result of one of the
generators that went off.
Recall we had reported how the
grid had collapsed twice within 24 hours which resulted to a reduction of
electricity allocation to distribution companies (DisCos) across the country.
Usman noted that the TCN had
raised $1.6 billion for investment in lines and transmissions, while there’s
also an urgent need to have a commensurate investment on the distribution chain
to ensure a stable grid in the country.
“What happened a day before
yesterday at 14:32 hours was a case of system collapse, we had tripping,” he
said.
“The reason for the grid collapse
was that there was a multiple tripping around Onitsha substation. We are also
suspecting that one of the generators went out.
“We have sent our team of
engineers to go and investigate, we normally investigate this kind of
disturbances.”
Muhammed said that in spite of
the fragile nature of the nation’s power grid, TCN had achieved some level of
stability on the national grid.
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