{"id":59408,"date":"2025-01-11T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59408"},"modified":"2025-01-11T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T22:00:07","slug":"tcn-sets-the-record-straight-says-no-grid-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/11\/tcn-sets-the-record-straight-says-no-grid-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"TCN Sets the Record Straight, Says No Grid Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a swift response to widespread reports of a national grid collapse, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has debunked the claims, asserting that the grid remains intact despite a temporary disruption.<\/p>\n<p>According to TCN\u2019s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, the Benin-Omotosho transmission line tripped at 1:41 PM, following an earlier tripping of the Osogbo-Ihovbor line.<\/p>\n<p>The disruption primarily affected bulk power supply to Lagos and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>However, TCN clarified that the grid was never compromised. At 1:00 PM, total power generation stood at 4,335.63 MW, and even after the incident, 2,573.23 MW remained online, proving that no collapse occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Power supply to key stations\u2014including Egbin, Olorunsogo, Omotosho, Geregu, and Paras\u2014was briefly affected, but all have been restored except for the Benin-Omotosho 330kV line, where engineers are working to reconnect it.<\/p>\n<p>Condemning false reports of a grid collapse, TCN warned against misleading the public and reaffirmed its commitment to stabilizing Nigeria\u2019s power transmission system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The public must verify facts before spreading misinformation,&#8221; the statement emphasized, as restoration efforts continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu\u00a0 In a swift response to widespread reports of a national grid collapse, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has debunked the claims, asserting that the grid remains intact despite a temporary disruption. According to TCN\u2019s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, the Benin-Omotosho transmission line tripped at 1:41 PM, following an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59410,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59408\/revisions\/59410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}