Electricity Grid Collapses Again

Nigeria has plunged into darkness once again as the nation’s electricity grid collapsed.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) managed grid went down at approximately 11:51 AM on Sunday, reducing the system’s capacity from 2,407 megawatts to a mere 31MW by noon and reaching zero by 1 PM.

Despite the Federal Government privatizing the sector over eleven years ago, the grid remains unreliable, failing consumers on more than 141 occasions.

Distribution companies are already alerting customers about the situation, even as the generation companies have repeatedly expressed concerns over the impact on the safety and durability of their equipment.

According to the system operator’s platform, all 20 power plants, except Ibom Power with 31 megawatts, were offline by 11:51 AM.

Loss of Bulk Power Supply In Our Franchise.

Dear Esteemed Customers,

The Management of Kaduna Electric wishes to inform its esteemed customers that it has lost bulk power supply hence the outage being experienced currently in Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states.

Power supply shall be restored to our customers as soon as we receive same at load centres across our franchise.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Abdulazeez Abdullahi
Head, Corporate Communication
04/02/2024.