Blackout as national grid collapses — first time in over a year

The national grid suffered a fresh total system collapse, on Thursday.

In a notice to customers, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) Plc said the national grid collapsed at about 12.40 am today.

Ndidi Mbah, spokesperson for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), also confirmed the development to TheCable.

“It is a system collapse, but we are trying to restore it,” she said.

“When there is a system disorder, our priority is to see that it is fully restored, and that is when we can start saying this is from them or that is from them, but restoration is ongoing.”

Also speaking in a statement on Thursday, Emeka Ezeh, head of corporate communications, EEDC, said the system collapse has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the distribution company’s interface.

NOTICE OF TOTAL SYSTEM COLLAPSE

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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred  at 12:40am today, 14th September,2023. This has resulted to the loss of supply currently being experienced

— Enugu Electricity Distribution Plc. (@enugudisco) September 14, 2023

“Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra,  Ebonyi,  Enugu and Imo States,” the DisCo said.

“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.”

Meanwhile, this is the first time the electricity national grid will be collapsing in more than one year, according to the TCN.

The transmission company, in August 2023, said the power grid has maintained uninterrupted stability for over 400 consecutive days.

Major DisCos reported the last system collapse in September 2022.