The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says that the restoration of the national grid, which collapsed on Monday, is nearly complete.
In a statement on Tuesday, Ndidi Mbah, General Manager of Public Affairs at TCN, stated that the national grid experienced a partial disturbance on Monday, October 14th, 2024.
According to Mbah, ‘’TCN continued with the grid recovery process, which has reached an advanced stage, ensuring bulk power availability to about 90% of its substations nationwide.
However, a slight setback occurred on Tuesday, causing a slight setback in the recovery process.’’
According to him, supply was partially restored to some areas in Abuja and other major distribution load centers.
The partial disturbance did not affect the Ibom Gas generating station, which was islanded from the grid yesterday.
TCN Executive Director Nafisat Ali had explained that the causes of grid collapse in Nigeria spread across all participants, from generation companies to transmission and distribution.
The national electricity grid collapsed again on Monday evening. The grid collapsed at about 6:18 pm on Monday, leaving the masses in darkness.
Checks showed that 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.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the grid collapse in a statement on Monday evening.
The EEDC informed its customers “of a general system collapse that 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.
