By Obas Esiedesa,
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has blamed Wednesday’s sharp drop in power supply from the National Grid on the tripping of the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line, which tripped at the Omotosho end at 11:34 hours.
A statement by the company explained that “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 axes. However, all other parts of the grid remained unaffected, contrary to reports of a grid collapse in the media.”
The company added that the “line has been successfully restored, and normal power supply has been fully restored to the affected areas.
“We assure Nigerians of our commitment to the efficient delivery of bulk power across the nation as we continue to implement measures to enhance the stability of the national grid.”