The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, will hold a public hearing, and probe, the immediate and remote causes of the recurring cases of grid collapses and outages.

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NERC made this known in a statement on Saturday.

NERC added that the date and venue of the public hearing “would shortly be announced in the national dailies and stakeholders are encouraged to participate.”

The statement read in part: “The commission notes with concern the recent escalating incidence of grid disturbances often leading to marked outage in several states thus reversing many of the gains recently achieved in reducing infrastructure deficit and improving grid stability

“Initial reports on the grid disturbance that occurred this morning indicate that today’s outage was triggered by an explosion of a current transformer at the Jebba transmission station at 8: 15 a.m., and associated cascade of power plants shutdown arising from the loss of load.

“However, efforts to restore supply have advanced with power significantly restored, as at 1 p.m., in 33 states and the FCT.

“In line with the provisions of the Electricity Act 2023, the unbundling of the System Operator function, ISO, out of Transmission Company of Nigeria Plc is ongoing with the expectation that an independent SO would engender more discipline in grid management and optimised investment in infrastructure.”

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