Data from the National System Operator, showed that as at 5pm, the Transmission Company of Nigeria,TCN, was still battling to restore the grid as supply rose to 246MW with Afam VI (1.6MW), Ibom Power (70MW), Olorunsogo Plant (58.6MW), Omotosho Plant (67.9MW), and Trans-Amadi (47.7MW), the plants on the grid.
The latest collapse makes it thrice in less than a week that the grid would suffer such setback after 421 days of stability.
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While it was unclear what caused the latest grid collapse, a source at the TCN told Vanguard that the incidences of the past few days need to be thoroughly investigated.