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Nigeria’s national power grid experienced a full system collapse on Wednesday morning, resulting in blackouts across several parts of the nation.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said Wednesday that the country’s national grid experienced a breakdown, The Guardian Nigeria reported. The company confirmed the outage through a statement by its General Manager of Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah.
“The TCN hereby states that at about 11.01 a.m today, May 12, 2021, there was a total system collapse of the grid, as a result of voltage collapse at some parts of the grid,” Mbah said in the statement, according to the media outlet.
By Emmanuel Addeh
The nationâs electricity grid yesterday suffered another system collapse, throwing Nigerians into darkness and leaving businesses to hook on to alternative electricity sources.
Nigeriaâs erratic power grid, along with the resulting precarious energy supply is a key issue hindering growth in the continentâs largest economy.
However, the country has continued to implement tariff increases in state-controlled prices since 2015, which the government insists is needed to allow distribution companies to recoup costs and pay to generate companies.
Operators have said that a âspinning reserve,â the amount of unused capacity in online energy assets which can compensate for power shortages or frequency drops within a given period of time holds the solution to the occasional collapses.
Views: Visits 7 By Prince Okafor The national grid again, yesterday, suffered another systems collapse, worsening the power supply situation in the country. Vanguard gathered that the system collapse occurred, following voltage collapse in some parts of the national grid The national grid is controlled and operated by government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. Power system collapse is the process by which the sequence of events accompanying voltage instability leads to an unacceptable voltage drop in a significant part of the power system. Vanguard learned that the collapse occurred around 11.01 am yesterday. Confirming the development, TCN General Manager, Ndidi Mbah, told Vanguard that at about 11`.01am yesterday, there was total system collapse of the grid, as a result of voltage collapse at some parts of the grid.