National Grid Collapse: TNC Offers Update
Following the collapse of the national grid on Wednesday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said that the repair is at the final stages.
This was disclosed by the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, in a statement issued to journalists.
According to Mbah, although the national grid experienced challenges around 11:27a.m on Wednesday, the repair was at the final stages as at 11:0p.m.
She said, “The incident was as a result of a sudden drop in system frequency from 49.94 Hertz (HZ) to 47.36Hz, which created system instability,” she said.
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Hertz is a unit of frequency that replaces the earlier term of one cycle per second (cps).
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