In what is now becoming a reoccurrence, the national grid has collapsed.
This is the second collapse in three days, leading to blackouts in several parts of the country.
A check on the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), showed that power generation dropped to zero megawatts at 11:30 a.m., affecting generation companies across the country.
Some electricity distribution companies corroborated this on their social media platforms.
According to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDP) it informed its customers of the “potential system failure”.
“Kindly be informed that at precisely 11.29 hours today, 7th November 2024, we experienced a simultaneous loss of supply across our network,” EKEDP said.
“A potential system failure or collapse is suspected. We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid.”
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On its part, the Jos Electricity Distribution Company said, “The current outage being experienced within our franchise States is a result of loss of power supply from the national grid.
“The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred this morning at about 1128 hours of today, Thursday, 7th November 2024, hence the loss of power supply on all our feeders. We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the grid supply is restored back to normalcy.”
Meanwhile, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is yet to comment on the most recent grid disturbance, Thursday’s development adds to the growing cases of grid collapses in the country.
It would be recalled that on Tuesday, several parts of Nigeria were thrown into blackouts after the system experienced a collapse. Millions of homes were without power and waiting for the full restoration of the system.
The TCN blamed that incident on “a series of lines and generators trippings that caused instability of the grid and, consequently, the partial disturbance of the system.
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“The data from the National Control Centre (NCC) revealed that a part of the grid was not affected by the bulk power disruption”.
In the wake of the incessant grid collapses the Federal Government blamed poor maintenance culture, and old and inadequate equipment among others for the issue.
