The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has lost one of its 330kV transmission lines from Sapele to Ughelli in Delta State to a fire incident caused by a petrol tanker at about 9:42am on Sunday, 9th March, 2014.
The melting and snapping of all of the line conductors between the two towers caused a loss of balance along the transmission line and their eventual collapse.
TCN said that it has temporarily lost power evacuation from that line as all power generated by Delta and Sapele Power Stations would now only be evacuated through the second 500MW capacity 330kV transmission line from Ughelli to Benin.
It has also put in place plans to ensure that the transmission lines are free of encumbrances to ensure continued efficient wheeling of power generated.
TCN’s quick response engineering team and its contractors are already at the accident site to fully assess the level of damage, pending the re-construction of the 12 transmission towers.
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