The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that no system collapse has occurred this year, despite some instances of line tripping.
The company made this statement on its X (formerly Twitter) account over the weekend, addressing concerns about recent grid issues.
“TCN management would like to reiterate that there has been no system collapse this year,” the statement read. “On February 12, the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330 kV transmission line tripped. At the time, the Benin-Egbin 330 kV line was on a scheduled outage for mechanical line tracing. The tripping led to a cascaded outage, which affected power supply in the Abuja, Lagos, and Osogbo areas.”
TCN further clarified that other regions of the country remained unaffected by the incident. It also confirmed that full restoration of bulk power supply to the impacted areas has since been completed.
The company reminded the public that the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) is regulated by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), and governed by various industry documents. These documents designate the National Control Centre System Operator, or its designated backup, the National Supplementary Control Centre (SNCC), as the sole authority for providing official information about grid events and status updates.
TCN urged the public and the media to disregard any false or misleading reports regarding the National Grid that do not originate from the company’s Public Affairs Department.
