Temporary Grid Disturbance: Supply Fully Restored, Says TCN

By Daniel Dafe

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said that temporary disturbance of the national grid experienced at about 8:15am, today, 19th October, 2024 has been tackled.

Ndidi Mbah, GM, Public Affairs, said this in a statement on Saturday.

The statement added: “According to the report from the NCC, the bus section of a current transformer exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation and as expected, the protection system was activated, and this promptly opened the busbars to curtail the explosion, thereby preventing outbreak of fire and further damage to adjacent equipment.”

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The statement continued: “The action of the protection system led to a temporary disturbance on the grid. Our engineers at Jebba have successfully carried out switchings, isolating the faulty current transformer. They have equally reconfigured the busbar arrangement, restoring power supply to the station, and other parts of the grid.”