TCN Blames Pipeline Vandalism, Fire Outbreak On Poor Power Supply
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has blamed a fire outbreak at its Afam V power station as been responsible for the poor power situation in the country.
A statement by Seun Olagunju, General Manager, Public Affairs of the TCN, on Friday said that the fire incident happened on Wednesday, January 18, and it “completely destroyed TCNs protection and control equipment in its relay and control room has constrained the evacuation of guaranteed 450MW generation by the station .”
According to Olagunju, the fire incident which occurred at about 6:58 am wholly destroyed TCNs equipment at the power station. However, the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
According to the release, immediately after the fire incident, TCN’s quick response team who were mobilized to the site of the incident promptly isolated the faulty section of the substation and made alternative arrangement for evacuation of power generated by Afam VI generation into the grid. Presently, the job has been successfully completed and the power station reconnected to the National Grid.
“TCN however pointed out that major cause of the current low power generation is not particularly the fire incident but the vandalism of gas pipelines that resulted in short supply of gas to thermal power generating stations.
“The company however reiterated its resolve to continue to work towards further expanding the nation’s transmission grid in line with its grid expansion plans,” the statement read.
