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The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said the breakdown of the national grid, which occurred early Saturday morning, was a 'temporary grid disturbance'.The latest development marked the third grid collapse this week and the eighth in 2024.According to Ndidi Mbah, TCN's General Manager of Public Affairs, the grid disturbance was triggered by an explosion at the 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the national grid experienced a temporary disturbance at about 8:15 am, today, 19th Oct. 2024.“According to the report from the NCC, the bus section of a current transformer exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation and as expected, the protection system was activated, and this promptly opened the busbars to curtail the explosion, thereby preventing an outbreak of fire and further damage to adjacent equipment.
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