National Grid Collapses 12th Time in Twelve Months

National Grid Collapses 12th Time in Twelve Months

Nigeria has been plunged into darkness once again following another collapse of the national grid on Wednesday.

Recall that the grid experienced multiple collapses in October, with the Federal Government promising a permanent solution to the ongoing issue.

This recent collapsed make it the 12th time in 2024.

A check on the website of the Independent System Operator (ISO), an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), showed all the generation power plants on the grid did not produce electricity by 2pm, having all contributed an average of 3,087 megawatts of electricity by 1pm

A post on the official account of Nigeria’s national grid on X revealed that the collapse occurred at about 2:06 pm on Wednesday.

“The major grid setback has occurred and the restoration is to commence,” it reads.

Confirming the development in a statement, the Jos Disco confirmed the collapse, saying: “The current outage being experienced within our franchise States is a result of loss of power supply from the national grid.

“The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred this afternoon at about 1333 hours of today, Wednesday, 11th December 2024, hence the loss of power supply on all our feeders.

“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the grid supply is restored back to normalcy.

“Thank you for your patience and understanding as we strive to serve you better.”