The national electricity grid collapsed on Monday, leading to a nationwide blackout.
According to a statement on X by Abuja Electricity
Distribution Company (AEDC), the national grid collapsed at 6:58pm.
AEDC said a system failure at the national grid affected the
power supply from its franchise area.
“Please be informed that the power outage being experienced
is due to a system failure from the national grid at 6:58pm today, affecting
the power supply to our franchise areas,” the company said.
“Rest assured, we are
working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is
stabilised. Thank you for your understanding.”
Also, in a statement by Enugu Electricity Distribution
Company (EEDC), Emeka Ezeh, head of corporate communications, said the company
is unable to provide power to its customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu,
and Imo states.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC)
wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a general system collapse that
occurred at 18:48 hours today, 14th October, 2024,” Ezeh said.
“This has resulted in
the loss of supply currently being experienced across 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.”
‘WORKING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS TO RESTORE POWER’
On its part, Eko ElectricityDistributionCompany (EKEDC) also
said the company is working with stakeholders to restore.
“Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 18:48hrs
which has resulted to a loss of power supply across our network,” EKEDC said.
“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for
speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power
supply is restored.”
The national electricity grid has collapsed six times in
2024.
On August 5, various distribution companies (DisCos) said
their feeders became inactive, resulting in widespread blackouts across the
country.
On July 6, Nigeria recorded the fourth system failure at the
national grid.
Also, the national grid collapsed on April 15, March 28 and
February 4.
On May 1, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said the
number of system collapses has declined by 76.47 percent in five years.
Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s spokesperson, said the country recorded 20
system collapses from 2020 till May 1, compared to the 85 grid disturbances
between 2015 to 2019.
TCN said it had deployed a digital system called generation
dip/loss detection system (GLDS) to swiftly detect and respond to sudden drops
in power generation.
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