The national grid has suffered another system collapse,
worsening the blackout being experienced in parts of the country.
The collapse, which occurred around 11.00 am on Wednesday, was confirmed by two of the country’s electricity distribution companies in separate messages to their customers.
“We regret to inform you that the power outage currently
being experienced across our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara
states – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid,” Kaduna Electric
said on Twitter.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, in a text message to its customers, said, “Dear customer, there is a partial system collapse on the national grid. Our TCN partners are working to restore supply immediately. Please bear with us.”
The grid, which is being managed by government-owned
Transmission Company of Nigeria, has continued to suffer system collapse over
the years amid a lack of spinning reserve that is meant to forestall such
occurrences.
Spinning reserve is the generation capacity that is online
but unloaded and that can respond within 10 minutes to compensate for
generation or transmission outages.
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