The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) stated on Saturday that there has been no system collapse in 2025.
This clarification came in response to reports claiming that the national grid had collapsed twice this year.
On February 12, electricity distribution companies reported a disturbance on the national grid at 11:34 a.m.
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In its statement, TCN described these reports as misleading and mischievous, explaining that the power outage was caused by a transmission line trip at the Omotosho end of the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV line.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby notes that the report making the rounds about the occurrence of two national grid collapses within the year 2025 is mischievous and misleading to the Nigerian populace.
“We hereby appeal to the general public to disregard this and other inaccurate reports on events and status of the national grid (including records of past events) emanating from unauthorised sources,” the TCN said.
The TCN stressed that the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) is regulated by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and governed by relevant industry documents.
It stated that only the National Control Centre System Operator or its designated backup, the National Supplementary Control Centre (SNCC), has the exclusive authority to provide the public with information regarding events and the status of the grid.
“TCN management would like to reiterate that there has been no system collapse this year and that on the 12th of February 2025, when the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line tripped, the Benin-Egbin 330kV line was on a scheduled outage for mechanical line tracing,” it added.According to the TCN, the tripping resulted in a cascaded outage, causing loss of supply within Abuja, Lagos, and Osogbo axis.
“Other parts of the country were, however, fully intact. Meanwhile, full restoration of bulk power supply to affected areas has since been completed.”
The TCN urged the public and journalists to avoid spreading malicious and baseless information about the national grid that does not come from its Public Affairs Department.
