October 15, (THEWILL) – Again, Nigerians have been thrown into darkness after the national electricity grid collapsed on Monday, making it the sixth time in 2024
Power generation dropped from 3.87 gigawatts at 5 pm to 3.56GW at 6 pm, and 0.00GW at 7 pm and 8 pm respectively.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the grid collapse in a statement to its customers on Monday evening.
EEDC Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, said “the general system collapse occurred at 18:48 hours today, 14th October 2024”, saying this has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the EEDC network.
“Consequently, due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide services to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo,’’.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), said a system failure at the national grid affected the power supply from its franchise area.
“Please be informed that the power outage being experienced is due to a system failure from the national grid at 6:58pm today, affecting the power supply to our franchise areas. Rest assured, we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding”, the company said.
