TCN says national grid now restored, after collapse

Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the country’s national grid which collapsed, early Thursday morning, has now been restored.

This is first time in over one year that the national grid last collapsed since the July 2022 incident.

The grid collapse resulted in a massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide at about past 2am, Thursday.

TCN also disclosed that electricity has been restored in the South West, South South, South East regions of the country, while only parts of the northern region has been restored.

Confirming the restoration, distributions companies in Lagos, Ibadan in the South West region, had begun informing their customers of normalcy being stored in electricity supplies.

In Lagos, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Electric), said power supply has been restored from the grid.

“Dear Valued Customer,

“Kindly be informed that power supply has been restored from the grid.

“Thank you for your patience,” read the message from the Eko Electricity Distribution Company via its Twitter (now X) account, (@EKEDP) September 14, 2023.

“Dear Valued Customer,” the company wrote on its X account, “kindly be informed that power supply has been restored from the grid. Thank you for your patience.”

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) had earlier confirmed the collapse of the national grid but assured that efforts are in top gear to fix the problem.

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, hereby notes that grid restoration nationwide is in progress and has reached advanced stages with power supply now available in the West, North Central, South, ensuring its stability,” the agency’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah said.

According to TCN, the incident “occurred after a fire incident on Kanji/Jebba 330kV line 2,” but added that the matter “is being investigated, with the view to forestalling future occurrence and invariably further strengthening the grid.

“The incident notwithstanding, TCN is determined to continue to do its best to ensure grid stability,” the TCN assured.

Reacting to the collapse, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) in the South East, had informed its customers, via a notice issued on its X account, Thursday morning, by its Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, that it is on standby awaiting detailed information on the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.

“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 12:40 am today, 14th September, 2023. This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.

“Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States.

“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo,” the statement read.