The national electricity grid collapsed at about 10:40am on Monday, according to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).
The breakdown in transmission came not up to 24 hours after the electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) accused the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) of inefficient management of the grid.
The AEDC Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Donald Etim, notified the company’s consumers that the grid collapse caused the general outage in its franchise areas.
The grid is infamous for frequent disruptions, having previously collapsed in February, May, July and August last year.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company Limited (EKEDC) apologised to its customers and promised to keep them updated on the situation.
“Dear esteemed customer, we regret to inform you of a total system collapse on the national grid at 10:40 am today (Monday), leading to outages across our network,” the EKEDC said.
“We are closely monitoring the situation with our TCN partners to determine the cause and a timeline for resolution.”
Enugu Electricity Distribution Plc, another DisCo, said its customers in five states have no power supply.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers in the South East of a general system collapse which occurred this morning, Monday, 14th March, 2022 at 10:40 am,” Emeka Ezeh, head of corporate communications, said in a statement.
“This is the reason for the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.
“Consequently, all our outgoing feeders are out and supply to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States are affected by this development.
“We are on standby and awaiting signal from the National Control Centre (NCC) for restoration of supply.”
Similarly, Kaduna Electric also confirmed the national grid collapse via its Twitter handle.
“We regret to inform you that the power outage being experienced in our franchise states is sue to system collapse of the national grid,” the post reads.
Felix Ofulue, Head of Corporate Communications of Ikeja Electric, said its customers were affected by the system collapse but “supply has now been restored”.