Looking like a more frequent occurrence for Nigerians to expect, the national grid has failed yet again for the second time in three days and the tenth time this year.
The grid collapse occurred around 11:28 a.m. on Thursday,
A check with the Independent System Operator, an autonomous branch of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), revealed that all power plants connected to the system were not producing any electricity at 12 p.m.
This was confirmed on the website of the Nigerian System Operators and additionally confirmed by ISO, showing that electricity generation fell to zero megawatts at 11:30 a.m., affecting generation businesses throughout the country.
Some Discos have confirmed this too.
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.”
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDP) also 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,” IEKEDP 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.”
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has yet to make a statement regarding Thursday’s grid collapse. Although they initially blamed Tuesday’s grid collapse on a series of line and generator trippings that caused grid instability and, as a result, partial system disturbance.
“The data from the National Control Centre (NCC) revealed that a part of the grid was not affected by the bulk power disruption”.
Nigerians are somewhat advised to look for alternative power to run their homes, shops, and offices as it looks like there might not be an end to the grid collapsing anytime soon.
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