The national electricity grid has reportedly collapsed in the early hours of Thursday causing significant blackout across Nigeria.
The grid, operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo in Osun State resulted in a massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide.
The grid went down at 00:41am on Thursday, September 14, with 273 megawatts of electricity coming from two out of the over 27 electricity generation.
As of 4 a.m. today, only five generating plants were on the grid. Afam VI had 0.70MW, Dadinkowa was generating 0.00MW, Ibom Power had 32.90MW, Jebba had 240MW and Olorunsogo was on the grid with zero generation.
At about 1 a.m. today, the total power on the grid was 35MW, indicating that the country experienced a total collapse.
The grid went to 193MW at about 3 a.m. before climbing to 273MW.
In a notice issued on its X account (formerly Twitter) this morning by its Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc said it is on standby awaiting detailed information on the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 12:40am today, 14th September,2023. This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.
“Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service 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 statement read.
Also the Eko Electricity Distribution Company sent out a similar notice to its customers on its X account formerly Twitter, confirming the total grid collapse.
The company also said it is in constant communication with the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo and will update the customers as they get more information.
It is the first notable collapse since the last one happened around September 2022.
The transmission company last month disclosed that the power grid has maintained uninterrupted stability for over 400 consecutive days.
