Discos Get 2700mw From TCN As Power Cuts Continue

Amidst effort to restore electricity across the country, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has disclosed that it transmitted close to 2,700mw to the 11 electricity distribution companies, discos on Sunday.

The clarification comes following the collapse of the national grid two days ago, throwing many households and businesses which rely on electricity into serious hardship.

The magazine reported that the grid collapsed for the first time on Sunday with power generation going down to less than 60mw.

The TCN blamed low supply of gas for the problem, but said yesterday that the “partial system disruption’ has been resolved.

Explaining what has been done to restore power, TCN said It transmitted 2,651MW to the 11 DisCos at 4:38pm on Monday, adding that the national grid is now up and running.

Ndidi Mbah, the spokesman for TCN had issued a statement on Sunday

explaining what led to the collapse of the grid and the effort being carried out to fully restore it back to work.

Part of the statement read: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN hereby states that the grid experienced a partial disturbance at about 11:21Hours today with Ibom power islanded, feeding Eket, Ekim, Itu & Uyo transmission substations, during the period of partial disturbance. TCN initiated immediate restoration of the affected part of the grid, and presently, the grid is fully restored.

“Prior to the incident, total generation on the grid was 3,901.25 MW at 08:00Hours, a little over three hours before time of partial collapse. It is important to note that low power generation has persisted since January 2024, to date, exacerbating daily due to the lingering gas constraint.

“According to the National Control Center (NCC), the Internet of Things (IoT) revealed that just before the partial disturbance, which occurred at 11:21Hrs today, Sapele Steam & Egbin Substations lost a total of 29.32MW & 343.84MW at 11:20:14Hrs & 11:20:17Hrs respectively, totalling 373.16MW. “This, combined with the current low power generation due to gas constraints, caused the imbalance leading to the partial system disturbance.”