The national electricity grid experienced another collapse on the morning of October 15, following a previous failure the day before. On Monday, Oc
The national electricity grid experienced another collapse on the morning of October 15, following a previous failure the day before.
On Monday, October 14, the grid went down around 6:18 p.m., leaving many areas in darkness. Power generation plummeted from 3.87 gigawatts at 5 p.m. to 3.56 GW by 6 p.m., and then dropped to 0.00 GW by 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Various power distribution companies confirmed these developments.
On Tuesday, the grid collapsed again at 9:17 a.m., and by 10 a.m., grid supply had suddenly fallen to 0.00 MW nationwide, resulting in a widespread blackout.
This incident marks the second grid failure within 24 hours, raising significant concerns about the reliability of the country’s electricity supply. The Eko Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed the collapse, which led to a complete loss of power.
“Dear Valued Customer, kindly be informed that there was a system collapse at 09:17hrs, which has resulted in a loss of power supply across our network.
“We are currently working with our partners and hope for a speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as the power supply is restored,” the company stated.
Power supply was allocated among several distribution companies, DisCos, with the following allocations: Abuja received 44 MW, Benin 35 MW, Eko 62 MW, Enugu 40 MW, Ibadan 85 MW, Ikeja 72 MW, Jos 10 MW, Kaduna 15 MW, Kano 20 MW, Port Harcourt 23 MW, and Yola 11 MW.
Regarding the ongoing grid collapses, Princewill Okorie, Executive Director of the Electricity Consumer Protection Advocacy Centre, expressed disappointment that these failures continue to occur despite recent increases in electricity tariffs.
Okorie criticized the practice of charging unmetered customers for the duration of the outages and questioned what measures the government is implementing to prevent such incidents in the future.
