“By around 5:15 a.m. and 5:17 a.m. Line 1 and Line 2 were tried, but they all tripped immediately on the same relay indication,” the TCN said.
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She noted that throughout Monday, the Apir team patrolled the line, navigating challenging terrains in search of the fault, reaching as far as the River Benue.Support journalism driven by facts, created by Nigerians for Nigerians. Our thorough, researched reporting relies on the support of readers like you.“They were unable to locate the cause of the tripping and have continued in the fault tracing early this morning.
She said the TCN has restored supply to the 132kV transmission line from New Haven to Apir, but the 330kV lines remain out of service, impacting power supply in large parts of the Northern region of the country. “We sincerely apologise to the government and electricity consumers in all the affected states and acknowledge that our patrol teams would have continued their search into the night yesterday, if not for the challenging terrain, which includes swamps and rivers, as well as insecure areas in the forest.
In November 2013, the federal government privatised all power generation and 11 distribution companies, with the government retaining the ownership of the transmission company. This was to improve efficiency in the sector. said it will conduct an investigative public hearing on 24 October to address the recurring grid collapses and widespread outages.
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