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Power Grid Suffers Major Blow As Heavy Rain Collapses Three TCN Towers, Cuts Keffi, Akwanga Supply
Power Grid Suffers Major Blow As Heavy Rain Collapses Three TCN Towers, Cuts Keffi, Akwanga Supply
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Heavy rain brings down Towers T78, T79 and T80 along the Karu-Keffi-Akwanga 132kV line.
All 33kV feeders at the two substations become unavailable following the incident.
The transmission line tripped at about 4:06 p.m. Wednesday before the collapsed towers were discovered.
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TCN engineers are assessing the damage and preparing for restoration work.
October 8, () – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has suffered a major infrastructure setback after heavy rainfall caused the collapse of three transmission towers along the Karu-Keffi-Akwanga 132 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission line corridor.
TCN disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, identifying the affected structures as Towers T78, T79 and T80.
The company said the collapse had rendered all 33kV outgoing feeders at the 132/33kV Keffi and 132/33kV Akwanga transmission substations unavailable.
According to TCN, the incident occurred at about 4:06 p.m. on Wednesday when the 132kV Karu-Keffi-Akwanga single-circuit transmission line tripped on overcurrent relay protection during the rainfall.
“Investigations revealed that three transmission towers had collapsed and TCN promptly isolated for safety”, the company said.
Following the isolation, all 33kV outgoing feeders at the Keffi and Akwanga substations became unavailable.
“No load can therefore be nominated on the affected feeders on the interim”, TCN stated.
The development has disrupted bulk electricity supply to customers dependent on the affected substations, with restoration dependent on the repair and reconstruction of the damaged transmission infrastructure.
TCN said its engineers were already at the affected locations to assess the extent of the damage and determine the materials and other requirements needed to commence restoration activities.
The company assured affected consumers that efforts were being made to restore supply as quickly as possible.
“TCN regrets the inconvenience this development will cause electricity customers taking supply from substations affected by the incident. Please bear with us as we make every effort to ensure that necessary repairs are completed as quickly as possible to enable the restoration of the bulk power supply”, it said.
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