National grid collapses twice within 24 hours
The national electricity grid experienced another collapse on Tuesday, leaving millions in darkness.
This incident follows a previous collapse just 24 hours earlier, which occurred around 6:48 p.m., disrupting power supply across the country.
“Dear valued customer, please be informed that there was a system collapse at 09:17 hrs, resulting in a loss of power supply across our network,” announced the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), which services parts of Lagos State, on its X handle.
“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for a speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power is restored. Kindly bear with us.”
Similarly, the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the recent collapse and assured customers that normalcy would be restored as soon as possible.
“Dear Esteemed Customers, We sincerely apologise for the power outage in our franchise states since yesterday evening. This is as a result of the. collapse of the national grid which occurred at about 18:05 pm on Monday, October 14th,” the Kaduna DisCo said.
“The team at the Transmission Company of Nigeria are making efforts to restore supply back to the grid after which we shall restore to customers across all our franchise. We deeply regret any inconvenience this may have caused.”
The team at the Transmission Company of Nigeria is working to restore supply to the grid, after which power will be reinstated to customers across all franchises.
Meanwhile, the Abuja Disco announced that it is conducting maintenance on certain areas of the Federal Capital Territory.
“Dear valued customer, this is to inform customers in Arab Road, FO-1 Community, Dutse Makaranta, Kagini, Brick City Estate, Custom Quartes, SPDC Estate, Kabba, Mopol Baracks and Hospital, Mami Market, Angwan Fulani, Monkey Village, DSS Training School, Public Service College, Charley Boy Gate, Mab Global Estate, Ipent Estate and its environs that the Transmission Company of Nigeria will be conducting a maintenance exercise on the 33KV Dam feeder and the 33KV deidei feeder from 10am to 6pm on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.
“We regret any inconvenience this may cause and assure you that this exercise is essential to ensure better service delivery. Thank you.”
On Monday, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) also told its customers about the “general system collapse that occurred at 18:48 hours today, 14th October, 2024. This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the EEDC network.
“Consequently, 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.”
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