NIGERIA/ Jos-Gombe - Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said the current power outage 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, saying
the problem occurred shortly after the annual scheduled maintenance on the transmission line.
The line tripping, she said, 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.
"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 19:09 hours.
"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.
Affected states by the outage include Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe and Taraba.
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