It was a ring of national mess as the energy grid collapsed twice in 6 hours across Nigeria resulting to power outage and total darkness across the country on Thursday 14th September, 2023.
The second national grid collapse happened at about 6:41 AM today just about 6 hours after the entire nation was initially thrown into darkness.
The system is operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo, Osun State Some of the nation’s Distribution Companies confirmed that the grid collapsed in the early hours of Thursday, as most of their feeders are out.
National Embarrassment as power outage witnessed accross Nigeria as grid collapses twice in 6 hours
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) in a statement said that “a total system collapse” occurred at 12:40 a.m. on Thursday.
“This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network,” the company said in a statement signed by Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications.
While the system, managed by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) initially collapsed at 12:40 AM midnight and was in the process of restoration, the grid operated from Osogbo in Osun State went down again at 6:41AM, crashing to 1.60 megawatts.
The grid, which was restored to about 273 megawatts at about 4AM went up to 598:50 megawatts before crashing to 1.60MW as of 7AM.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) in a statement confirmed the double collapse, adding that “a total system collapse” occurred at 12:40 a.m. on Thursday.
“This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network,” the company said in a statement signed by Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications.
The development, according to the company, resulted to the loss of supply currently being experienced across South East.
“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. Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh noted.
Yola DisCos, which powers the Northeast equally confirmed the development stating that their feeders are out of supply.
Also, Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) said, “We regret to inform you that the current power outage across our network is due to a system collapse from the national grid, which has resulted in our inability to distribute electricity to our esteemed customers.
“We are appealing to our valued customers to kindly bear with us as we monitor the situation and await power restoration from the national grid,” the company said.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) also reported the collapse.
“The management of AEDC wishes to inform its customers that the power outage currently being experienced is a result of a system failure from the national grid in the early hours of today, 14 September 2023.
“Be rest assured that we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilized,” the company said.
The latest collapse is coming weeks after the TCN announced that the country’s power grid had maintained uninterrupted stability for over 400 consecutive days.
The TCN had in August said the Nigerian power grid has recorded an unparalleled period of stability in the history of the power sector, operating without any major disruptions or systems collapse for an impressive span of 400 consecutive days and counting.
“This milestone signifies a remarkable advancement in the nation’s efforts at strengthening its power infrastructure and ensuring a reliable and dependable electricity supply to distribution load centres for onward distribution to electricity customers nationwide,” the company said in a statement.
