National grid glitch triggers power disruption across Lagos

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has confirmed a large disruption successful energy proviso affecting the Lagos powerfulness web pursuing a voltage instability connected the nationalist grid on Thursday morning.

According to the company, the incidental occurred astatine astir 8:19 a.m. erstwhile a abrupt voltage fluctuation developed wrong the nationalist grid strategy and rapidly dispersed crossed the Lagos corridor.

TCN explained that the disturbance resulted successful the shutdown of immoderate generating stations, triggered transmission enactment outages and yet caused wide interruption of energy proviso to Lagos and surrounding areas.

In a bid to stabilise the grid and forestall a broader strategy collapse, the National Control Centre reportedly directed respective powerfulness procreation companies to instantly trim their output to negociate the rising frequence wrong the network.

The institution disclosed that the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, convened an exigency gathering with apical officials of the TCN and the Nigerian Independent System Operator soon aft receiving reports of the incident.

The meeting, according to TCN, focused connected coordinating urge...