By Goodluck Ikiebe
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says Monday’s national grid collapse was partial.
Recall that Nigeria, on Monday at about 6:48 pm, was thrown into darkness.
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the national grid collapse in a statement by its spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh, on Monday.
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and Eko Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed the national grid collapse.
TCN recorded zero load allocation to the eleven Electricity Distribution Companies.
The company, however, said that it has begun system recovery to restore supply.
The Spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, said the national grid did not collapse entirely as the Akwa Ibom generating Station was “islanded” to enable it to continue supply through the Eket, Ekim, Uyo and Itu 132 Kilovolt sub-station.
She said, “It was a partial system disturbance.”
“The entire system did not collapse as the IBOM Generating Station was ISLANDED (i.e. separated to stand alone to continue supplying some areas to avoid the entire system going down), to enable It to continue to supply through the Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kv sub-stations.
“Recovery is currently ongoing and has advanced significantly.”
Our Correspondent reports that power supply was restored in the early hours of Tuesday to some parts of the country while others are still in darkness as at the time of filing this report.
