National electricity grid records temporary collapse – TCN

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Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said a total system collapse of the national electricity grid was recorded on Sept. 28 at 8:03 p.m., resulting in temporary loss of electricity generation for the nation’s power grid.

A statement from TCN’s management on Friday in Abuja said that reports obtained from power stations and the sequence of events generated by the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) had revealed the cause of the collapse.

It said the SCADA system report indicated that the system collapse was triggered by the tripping of Egbin power plants Units ST4, ST6 and ST5.

It, however, said that restoration of grid system had also commenced at 8:22 p.m. on Sept. 28.

According to the statement, a post-mortem analysis of the issue indicated that grid generation was curtailed to about 4,262.7 Mega Watts (MW) before the…

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