The Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN, on Sunday, disclosed that the national grid is fully restored after what it described as a partial disturbance at about 15.09 hours on Saturday. TCN, in a statement signed by its General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said the system disturbance is suspected to have been triggered by the unexpected tripping of three units of a power generating station. Recall thatTribune Onlinereportson Saturday that the national grid has again collapsed, leading to a blackout across the country. However, in the statement released by TCN on Sunday, the unexpected tripping of three units of a power generating station suddenly removed 313MW from the grid, causing system instability that led to the loss of bulk supply to a section of the national grid. The system disturbance, which brings to three, the partial grid disturbances, with one total disturbance this year, is suspected to have been triggered by the unexpected tripping of three 3 units of a power generating station, which suddenly removed 313MW from the grid, causing system instability that led to the loss of bulk supply to a section of the national grid, the statement read. It added that the System Operator reacted to the sudden drop in generation which led to a dip in frequency, by islanding a section of the grid which includes the Ibom Power Station through which the company continued to feed Uyo, Aba, Itu, Eket, Calabar e.t.c even when the other section of the grid had no supply. The operators commenced grid restoration efforts immediately after the incident. At about 21.57 hrs yesterday, the entire part of the grid that was affected by today s incident was successfully restored. . READ ALSO FROMNIGERIAN TRIBUNE. . Get realtime news updates from Tribune Online! Seed of Life College,2023 National Award Winner. Admission in progress. !!. Seed of Life College,2023 National Award Winner. Admission in progress. !!. 2023Tribune Online an online publication of African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc. All rights reserved. Login to your account below. . . Remember Me. . Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. . . . Select Visibility PublicPrivate. 2023Tribune Online an online publication of African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc. All rights reserved
The national grid in Nigeria has been fully restored after a partial disturbance caused by the unexpected tripping of three units of a power generating station. The incident led to the loss of bulk supply to a section of the grid, resulting in a blackout across the country. The system operator reacted by isolating a section of the grid and restoration efforts were successful.