States in the North-West, North-East, and parts of North-Central Nigeria will experience power outages following the disruption of two 330kV Ugwaji-Apir Double Circuit transmission lines, impacting the affected areas.
This is confirmed by the spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ndidi Mbah, in a circular.
According to Mbah, the tripping of both lines resulted in the loss of 468 megawatts (MW), causing a major power outage.
He said while TCN’s team of engineers are working to discover the cause of the tripping, they are yet to ascertain what led to the disruption.
In addition, TCN detailed the efforts undertaken by its engineering teams to restore the transmission lines.
Mbah stated that TCN has successfully restored power supply via the 132kV transmission line from New Haven to Apir. However, the 330kV lines are still out of service, disrupting power distribution across the Northern region.
He added that TCN Is working tirelessly to identify and fix the fault to enable the engineers to fully restore bulk power through the affected lines.
