“In pursuit of finding a permanent resolution to the challenges of the national grid, the Commission shall shortly conduct an investigative public hearing with a view to identifying immediate and remote causes of recurring incidences of grid disturbances and widespread outages,” it said.
“The date and venue of the public hearing will shortly be announced in the national dailies and stakeholders are encouraged to participate.”
The explosion of a transformer at the Jebba Transmission station is the reason behind the latest national grid collapse, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).This is the third grid collapse in a week.
According to preliminary reports on the grid disturbance that happened this morning, the Jebba transmission station’s current transformer exploded at 8:15 a.m., causing a cascade of power plants to shut down as a result of the loss of load, which in turn caused today’s outage, the NERC said in a statement on Saturday. “Yet, efforts to replenish the supply have progressed, with power largely restored in 33 states and the Federal Capital as of 1300 hours.”
For the third time in a week, a blackout was imposed in the early hours of the morning in several parts of the nation.Concerned about “reversing many of the gains recently achieved in reducing infrastructure deficit and improving grid stability,” NERC stated that it is alarmed by the “escalating incidence of grid disturbances.”
According to preliminary reports on the grid disturbance that happened this morning, the Jebba transmission station’s current transformer exploded at 8:15 a.m., causing a cascade of power plants to shut down as a result of the loss of load, which in turn caused today’s outage, the NERC said in a statement on Saturday. “Yet, efforts to replenish the supply have progressed, with power largely restored in 33 states and the Federal Capital as of 1300 hours.”
More “discipline in grid management and optimised investment in infrastructure,” according to NERC, is what it is striving to achieve.The statement read, “The Commission shall shortly conduct an investigative public hearing with a view to identifying immediate and remote causes of recurring incidences of grid disturbances and widespread outages in pursuit of finding a permanent resolution to the challenges of the national grid.””Stakeholders are encouraged to participate in the public hearing; the date and location will shortly be announced in the national dailies.”