Yemisi Izuora.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that the power sector recorded a System Collapse Wednesday 3rd January, 2018.
According to a statement by the agency, preliminary information from NCC indicated that the tripping of Odukpani-Ikot Ekpene 330kV line, cut off generation from Odukpani Power Station to the grid.
It however noted that restoration of the grid has reached advanced stage and the TCN has also commenced investigations to determine the exact cause of the system disturbance.
“The system disturbance happened at a time when work on the Western Gas Pipeline by NGC which caused system collapse at about 21.17Hours yesterday, is yet to be completed. The grid would have withstood the Odukpani infraction, if generation along Lagos Region were available” Ndidi Mba spokesperson of TCN said in the statement.
Mba said that the Nigerian Gas Company, NGC indicated that a contractor has been mobilised to reconstruct the affected segment of the Western Gas Pipeline, so that gas supply to Omotosho, Egbin, and Olorunsogo I and II can be restored.
The statement said NGC has assured that work would be carried out day and night and is expected to be completed within 24 hours.
The TCN noted that with the support of the Federal Ministries of Power and Finance, it has embarked on the implementation of Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Program that seeks to expand, rehabilitate and stabilize the Grid and appealed for patience and understanding of the public.