Ministry of Power, Works and
Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on
Wednesday announced that the
Transmission Company of Nigeria
(TCN ) and the Generation
Companies (GENCOS) were working
to restore the technical hitches
recorded in the national
transmission grid.

A statement from the management
of the ministry indicated that the
Nigerian Gas Processing and
Transportation Company Ltd
(NGPTC) had reported a fire incident
on its Escravos Lagos Pipeline
system near Okada, Edo on January
2.

The incident, it explained, required
a shutdown of the pipeline
supplying gas to Egbin 1,320MW;
Olorunsogo NIPP 676MW,
Olorunsogo 338MW, Omotosho
NIPP 450MW, Omotosho 338 MW
and Paras 60MW power stations.

It said the sudden loss of
generation due to interruption in
gas supply from the stations caused
the national transmission grid to
trip off around 8:20 am on
Tuesday.

It expressed regrets at the trip off,
given the sustained period of
increasing production and
distribution of power since
September 2017 to date.
The statement added that, “once
the national grid is restored, output
from the hydroelectric power
stations and all other unaffected
gas fired thermal power stations
will be increased”.

This, it said, would minimise the
impact of loss of generation from
the affected power stations.


Source: www.dailypost.ng/2018/01/03/nigerian-government-gives-update-nationwide-blackout/

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Nice one fashola!!