‘TCN’s incompetence cause of grid collapse’ More than 24 hours after the collapse of the National Grid, the nation remained in darkness. The Nigerians Consumer Protection Network (NCPN) put the blame of the system collapse on the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which it said had failed to get its priority right. On Sunday night, power generation dipped to nine megawatts. Before the collapse, the System Operator (SO) in its performance report put peak performance at 3,703mw. On the day under review, the NESI generated a total energy 2,869.01mw and distributed 2,824mw. Spokesman of the Network, Kunle Olubiyo, a lawyer, challenged the TCN to prioritise its use of funds for the national grid. The TCN said a major setback experienced by the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) triggered the lowest generation following which the national grid collapsed. Read Also: Lagos develops off-grid electrification strategy The setback immediately threw the country into darkness forcing consumers to fall back to alternative sources for power.