Nationwide Power-Outage As Nigeria’s National Grid-Collapses Again (Details)

Nationwide Power-Outage As Nigeria’s National Grid-Collapses Again (Details)

A nationwide power outage has hit Nigeria following another system collapse of the national grid on Saturday. Emeka Ezeh, the Head of Corporate Communications at Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), disclosed this in a notice.

According to the notice, the National Grid Collapse occurred around 15:09 hours on Saturday, leading to a disruption in bulk electricity supply from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) National Control Centre.

EEDC explained that this situation is responsible for the loss of power supply across the Southeast states, including Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo.

“This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network. 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 notice reads.

This latest collapse comes just days after TCN announced that electricity generation had declined to a peak of 4,723.30 megawatts on July 4, 2024, compared to 4,800 megawatts in May.

In 2024 alone, Nigeria has experienced at least three system collapses. Over the past 14 years, system collapses have occurred about 227 times, according to TCN.

This power outage occurs amid recent electricity tariff hikes for Band A customers, who are supposed to receive 20-24 hours of power supply. On April 3 and July 1, 2024, the electricity tariff for Band A rose to N206.80 per kilowatt-hour from N66 per kilowatt-hour.