Power Restored After Collapse Of National Electricity Grid

The national power grid system operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) operating from Osogbo in Osun State has been restored after collapsing earlier on Thursday.

GWG.ng reports that the collapse led to a nationwide blackout with some distribution companies excusing themselves from the lack of electric power.

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It was gathered that the grid dropped to a meagre 273 megawatts of electricity coming from two out of the over 27 electricity generation points.

Several Distribution Companies confirmed that the grid went down at 00:41 AM, disclosing that most of their feeders are out.

As of 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, five generating plants were on the grid. Afam VI had 0.70MW, Dadinkowa was generating 0.00MW, Ibom Power had 32.90MW, Jebba had 240MW, and Olorunsogo was on the grid with zero generation.

At about 1 AM midnight, the total power on the grid was 35MW, indicating that the country experienced a total collapse.

The grid went to 193MW at about 3 AM before climbing to 273MW.

However, power appeared to be gradually restored to the national grid as power was restored to Abuja Electricity Distribution Compnay, AEDC after midday.

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