The national electricity grid experienced a partial collapse on Monday plunging some parts of the country into darkness.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company described the development as a system failure, stating that it affected its customers on Monday afternoon.
In the evening, the AEDC reported that some of its customers were still without power supply.
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“We understand that some of our customers are still without power due to a system failure from the national grid at 2.55 pm today, August 5, 2024. Please be assured that the system is gradually stabilising, and we are working diligently with all relevant stakeholders to restore power to the affected areas as quickly as possible,” the AEDC stated, thanking the customers for their patience and understanding.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ndidi Mbah, promised to revert with details of the incident. She had yet to revert up till when this report was filed.
Meanwhile, checks by our correspondent confirmed that hourly power generation by the various plants dropped from 3,749 megawatts at 2 pm to 3,241MW and 1,255MW as of 3 pm. It was 4,067MW as of 11 am.
The power generation experienced gradual restoration, returning to 3,00MW at 8 pm.
Our correspondent observed that the Egbin Power Plant which generated 222MW till 2 pm dropped to 0.00MW throughout the day.
The Telegraph reports that this is the fifth time in 2024 that consumers will experience power outages occasioned by incidents from the grid.
