Power grid collapses again
Again, the national electricity grid collapsed on Tuesday morning, after earlier failure on Monday.
The grid had, on Monday, collapsed at about 6:18 p.m. and threw many electricity users into total darkness.
D’GalleryTV gathered that power generation dropped from 3.87 gigawatts at 5 p.m. to 3.56GW at 6 pm and later to 0.00GW by 7 pm. and 8 pm.
Several power distribution companies confirmed the development.
On Tuesday morning, the collapse occurred at 9:17 a.m. As at 10.00 am, grid supply had abruptly dropped to 0.00MW across all regions.
This threw the entire nation into another round of total blackout.
This marks the second time that grid collapse had occurred in less than 24 hours.
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company which confirmed the collapse, said that it had started working with its partners to restore the grid and power supply.
“Dear Valued customer, kindly be informed that there was a system collapse at 09:17hrs, which has resulted in a loss of power supply across our network.”
“We are currently working with our partners and hope for a speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as the power supply is restored,” it said.
Power supply was distributed across several distribution companies (DisCos), with Abuja allocated 44MW, Benin 35MW, Eko 62MW, Enugu 40MW, Ibadan 85MW, Ikeja 72MW, Jos 10MW, Kaduna 15MW, Kano 20MW, Port Harcourt 23MW, and Yola 11MW.
