Nigeria’s grid collapses
Nigerian media has reported that the country’s national electricity grid collapsed again yesterday.
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Nigeria, Abuja: Nigerian media has reported that the country’s national electricity grid collapsed again yesterday, at about 6:18 pm on Monday, leaving citizens in darkness. Power generation dropped from 3.87 GW at 5 pm to 3.56 GW at 6 pm and 0.00 GW at 7 pm and 8 pm.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the grid collapse in a statement on Monday evening. The EEDC informed its customers of a general system collapse that occurred at 18:48 hours on 14 October 2024, saying this has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the EEDC network.
“Consequently, due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide services to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo,” the EEDC’s statement, signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, read.
The Abuja Disco notified customers that the power outage was due to a system failure from the national grid at 6:58 pm today, affecting the power supply to its franchise areas. It added that it was working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilised.
Source: punchng.com
