The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)
has said the power outage in Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe and
Taraba states was due to a tripping caused by a fault on the Jos-Gombe
330kV transmission Line.
has said the power outage in Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe and
Taraba states was due to a tripping caused by a fault on the Jos-Gombe
330kV transmission Line.
TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs,
Mrs Ndidi Mba, in Abuja also said the fault on the Jos-Gombe
transmission Line occurred after the line underwent its annual scheduled
maintenance.
Mrs Ndidi Mba, in Abuja also said the fault on the Jos-Gombe
transmission Line occurred after the line underwent its annual scheduled
maintenance.
According to her, the line tripping occurred at about 19:09, on Sept 22 after it was re-energised.
She said frantic effort was being made by
TCN line engineering crew to resolve the problem and restore the
transmission line accordingly.
TCN line engineering crew to resolve the problem and restore the
transmission line accordingly.
Mbah, explained: “TCN took outage on Sept
22 to undertake the annual scheduled maintenance of the 330kV
transmission line from Jos to Gombe.
22 to undertake the annual scheduled maintenance of the 330kV
transmission line from Jos to Gombe.
“After the maintenance work has been
completed by the combined engineering maintenance crew from Gombe and
Jos transmission substations, the transmission line was reclosed and
energised at about 15:09 hours Sept 22 at 19:09 hours.
completed by the combined engineering maintenance crew from Gombe and
Jos transmission substations, the transmission line was reclosed and
energised at about 15:09 hours Sept 22 at 19:09 hours.
“ However,the line tripped due to fault
on the line, TCN quickly initiated the patrol of the transmission line
to detect and rectify the fault.“
on the line, TCN quickly initiated the patrol of the transmission line
to detect and rectify the fault.“
According to Mbah, as at18:30pm, of Sept
23, the line engineering crew patrolling the Jos part of the 330kV
transmission line have completed investigations on the line, while the
Gombe transmission line trace was still ongoing.
23, the line engineering crew patrolling the Jos part of the 330kV
transmission line have completed investigations on the line, while the
Gombe transmission line trace was still ongoing.
Mbah explained further:“ The entire line
cannot be energiSed until both ends of the line trace have been
concluded,once completed, the findings would be analysed and faults
cleared, TCN will then re-energized the transmission
line.“
cannot be energiSed until both ends of the line trace have been
concluded,once completed, the findings would be analysed and faults
cleared, TCN will then re-energized the transmission
line.“
According to her, TCN sincerely regrets
inconveniences caused by the outage and apologises to the government and
people of the six north eastern states affected by the outage .
inconveniences caused by the outage and apologises to the government and
people of the six north eastern states affected by the outage .
Mbah said effort was ongoing to ensure
speedy completion of the transmission line trace and faults clearance so
as to reclose and energise the 330kV transmission line.
speedy completion of the transmission line trace and faults clearance so
as to reclose and energise the 330kV transmission line.
