Another system collapse has occurred on the national grid, causing a widespread blackout across Nigeria, the PUNCH reports.
The newspaper reports that the grid lost power generation some minutes after 11 on Wednesday morning.
The spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ndidi Mbah, has yet to respond to a message sent to her by PUNCH correspondent as she said she was at a function.
However, sources in some power generation companies confirmed to the correspondent that there was a general grid disturbance on Wednesday morning.
The correspondent reports that there was a trip-off and the power went off before noon.
Most power plants on the grid lost generation when the incident occurred.
At 11 am, hourly power generation was 4064 megawatts but this dropped to 1,203MW at 12 pm and 0.00MW at 1 pm.
This is about the first time the grid will collapse in 2025 after it experienced a line tripping in January.
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In 2024, the grid collapsed 12 and over 100 times in 10 years.
On its X handle on Wednesday, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the development.
“Dear Valued Customer, We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 am today causing a power outage across our franchise areas.
“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to serve you better,” the post reads.
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