The Federal Government is poised to investigate the cause of the multiple power grid collapses that happened on Monday and Tuesday.
While the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said it wasn’t grid collapses but a trip-off, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said the national grid experienced what it called a partial disturbance on Monday.
D’GalleryTV reports that the power grid collapsed again on Tuesday wth restoration efforts.
The minister said: “There was no grid collapse; there was a trip-off. When you talk of grid collapse, it will involve 100 per cent of our grid infrastructure. But this was a line tripping in certain quarters in the country; even the major centres were not affected, talk of Abuja, Lagos, and Ibadan and this was even restored within two hours.”
He added: “Let me tell you, grid disturbances are global. We are talking about electrical connections. There could be tripping off due to weather, due to the dilapidation of some infrastructure. What matters most is what is your rate of response to fix this. We responded swiftly and within two hours, we brought it back and it’s working now. So, it’s no big deal,” he stated.
TCN, however, said that efforts to fully recover the grid were still ongoing as at Tuesday.
In a statement, the company’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, explained that although the company swung into action immediately to recover the grid, liveraging Azura Power Station to provide the blackstart, grid recovery got to advanced stages at about 10.24 am on Tuesday when it witnessed a challenge that regressed the recovery process.
Mbah, however, said: “Investigation into the cause of the incident will be carried out as soon as the grid is fully restored.”
“The slight setback notwithstanding, TCN continued with the grid recovery process, which has reached an advanced stage, ensuring bulk power availability to about 90 per cent of its substations nationwide. Supply has been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centres nationwide,” Mbah said.
However, many areas were still in darkness as at 700 pm on Tuesday.
She added that the partial failure did not affect the Ibom Gas generating station, which was islanded from the grid on Tuesday and continued to supply areas in the South Southern part of the country such as Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kV transmission Substations during the period.
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