Overload on Olkaria Transmission Line Causes Countrywide Power Outage (The Star)
Businesses and private residence across Kenya were affected by a power outage on Tuesday that hit the national grid. The outage that occurred at 1:30 pm was caused by an overload on the transmission line between Olkaria Geothermal load centre and Ndenderu substation.
The overload led to the system tripping bringing businesses across the country to a halt. The transmission lines were carrying up to 400 MW of electricity.
The national interconnected grid and generating system were also said to have tripped, causing further discomfort to the National power provider as well as Kenyans.
