TCN explains cause of power outage in six states

The Transmission Company of Nigeria says the current power outage being experienced in some North East states was due to a tripping, caused by a fault on the Jos-Gombe 330kv transmission line.

TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah stated this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, adding that the problem occurred shortly after the annual scheduled maintenance on the transmission line.

According to her, the line tripping occurred at about 19:09, on September 22, shortly after it was re-energised.

She said efforts were being made by TCN line engineering crew to resolve the problem and restore the transmission line accordingly.

The states affected by the outage include Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe and Taraba.

“TCN shot down on September 22, to undertake the annual scheduled maintenance on the 330 kv transmission line from Jos to Gombe.

“After the maintenance work had been completed by combined engineering maintenance crew from Gombe and Jos transmission substations, the transmission line was reclosed and energised at about 15:09 hours on the same day at 19:09hours.

“However, the line tripped due to a fault on the line and TCN quickly initiated the patrol of the transmission line to detect and rectify the fault,’’ Mbah said.