NERC, TCN Blame Third Power Grid Collapse in One Week on Transformer Explosion in Jebba.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday blamed the collapse of the national grid on a transformer that exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission substation.
NERC has also announced plans to conduct an investigative public hearing to identify both the immediate and underlying causes of recurring grid disturbances and widespread outages.
This is just as a former Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, has called on the federal government to resume the signing of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with private investors to ramp up electricity generation in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s single electricity grid suffered another breakdown yesterday morning, the third of such collapses last week, plunging the whole nation into total darkness.
In a statement issued after the incident by its Public Affairs, General Manager, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, TCN said that the activation system was activated, prompting the busbars to curtail the explosion, thereby preventing an outbreak of fire and further damage to adjacent equipment.
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