BY AKUDORO GLORIA
Again, millions of businesses and homes in the country have been thrown into darkness following a fresh collapse of the national grid today, Wednesday 11, 2024.
This incident marks the 12th time this year the national grid collapses, cutting off electricity supply in most parts of the country.
According to report from the Independent System Operator (ISO), grid collapsed at about 2 PM and all power plants connected to the grid had ceased operations after generating an average of 3,087 megawatts earlier in the day.
The power outage was also confirmed by several Distribution Companies (DisCos) in their respective official X account which include: the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC); Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC); PortHarcourt Electricity Distribution Plc (PHED); Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) and Ikeja Electric (IE) showed that grid failure occurred at 1:33 PM, affecting their franchise areas.
“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 thd national grid occurred this afternoon at about 1333 hours of today Wednesday 11 December 2024, hence, the loss of power supply in 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,” Jos Disco.
Reacting to the power outage over the phone, the General Manager, Public Affairs of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ndidi Mbah said efforts are underway to ascertain the exact cause and swiftly restore power supply.