The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored bulk power availability to 90 percent of its substations, in an effort to recover the electricity grid which suffered a system failure on Tuesday.
AdvertisementGiving a situation update on Tuesday, Mbah said efforts to fully recover the grid are still ongoing.
“Although the recovery of the grid commenced immediately, with Azura power station providing the blackstart, grid recovery reached advanced stages at about 10.24 am, today when it encountered a challenge that caused a slight setback in the recovery process,” she said.
“The slight setback notwithstanding, TCN continued with the grid recovery process, which has reached an advanced stage, ensuring bulk power availability to about 90 per cent of its substations nationwide.”AdvertisementMbah said supply has been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centres nationwide.
Mbah said an investigation into the cause of the incident would be carried out as soon as the grid is fully restored...
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