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Electricity Restored After Benin-Egbin Line Incident, TCN Clarifies No National Grid Collapse

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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced that power supply was restored at approximately 6:10 PM on August 5, 2024, following disruptions caused by an arcing incident on the Benin-Egbin 330kV isolator.

This incident, which began around 2:47 PM, led to a significant system surge and subsequent tripping at the Egbin Generating Station, affecting supply to several regions, including Lagos and parts of the South West and North Central.

TCN’s General Manager, Ndidi Mbah, clarified that reports of a national grid collapse were inaccurate, stating the issue was promptly resolved without systemic failure.

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), hereby notes that at about 6:10pm yesterday, 5th August 2024, power supply was restored to areas that had been affected by the arcing on the Benin-Egbin 330kV isolator which caused lines tripping and consequent loss of supply to some areas. However, contrary to media reports, the incident did not cause a system collapse.

“The lines tripping started earlier at about 2:47 p.m. yesterday, with a heavy system surge that led to the arcing of Benin – Egbin 330kV line isolator fingers at the Egbin Transmission Substation switchyard.

“This resulted in a tripping at the Egbin Generating Station, which caused the loss of power supply to all the Egbin Transmission Substations’ outgoing lines. This led to an exponential increase in load on the Osogbo-Ihovbor 330kV line 1 with serious arcing of isolator terminals on the Osogbo-Ihovbor 330kV line 1.

“To ensure that the sequence of events does not affect the nation’s grid, the Osogbo – Ihovbor 330kV line was opened to temporarily cut off the flow of electricity on that line.

“At about 2:56pm, however, the Benin-Egbin 330kV line 1 Circuit Breaker also tripped at the Benin Transmission Substation end and this resulted in the loss of supply to Lagos axis, parts of the South West Region, parts of the North Central and Abuja. Meanwhile, other areas, including the South Eastern region, North East, and other parts of North Central and South West, had full power supply.

“The line tripping was quickly rectified, enabling the grid controller to restore full bulk power supply through the transmission lines at about 6.10pm yesterday” reads the statement in parts.

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