Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has released its data to argue against views held by the that national grid collapse has worsened in the recent year.
TCN said, on the contrary, in recent years, the number of grid disturbances/system collapses has gradually reduced.
Ndidi Mbah, general manager, Public Affairs at TCN in a post on TCN’s Facebook page today, said, clearly, between 2020 to date (five years), “we recorded fourteen total and six partial grid disturbances totalling twenty (20), which represents a 76.47% reduction in grid disturbance, when compared to the previous five years, (2015 to 2019) where we had sixty-four total and twenty-one partial grid disturbances, totalling eighty-five (85) times”.
“This improvement is, however, not unconnected to the continuous effort by the management under Engr. Sule Abdulaziz to strategically expand the grid while harnessing in-house capacities to find solutions to grid stability, pending the deployment of SCADA/EMS.
Techeconomy had reported in its February 05, 2024 edition about the plans by TCN to investigate the reasons for recurrent national grid Collapse, particularly the tripping of the Sapele Steam and Egbin power-generating units.
This comes on the heels of the organization’s announcement that the national grid has been completely restored following a partial disruption around 11:21 a.m. on Sunday, February 04, 2024.
“No doubt there is room for improvement, and TCN will continue to work hard to further reduce the number of grid disturbances to the barest minimum”, Mbah said.
