The Nigerian national electricity grid collapsed again at about 6:18 pm on Monday, leaving millions of Nigerians in darkness.
According to the officials of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, power generation dropped from 3.87 gigawatts at 5 pm to 3.56GW at 6 pm and 0.00GW at 7 pm and 8 pm.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), which confirmed the grid collapse in a statement on Monday evening, told its customers that it was a general system collapse that occurred at 18:48 hours on Monday, 14th October 2024 and that “this has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the EEDC network”.
“Consequently, due to this development, all our interface of the Transmission Company of Nigeria 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 said.
According to the report by the Punch newspaper on Tuesday, the Abuja electricity company said: “Dear Valued Customer, Please be informed that the power outage being experienced is due to a system failure from the national grid at 6:58 pm today, affecting the power supply to our franchise areas.
“Rest assured, we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding.”
It will be recalled that this is about the fifth grid collapse in 2024.
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