Nigeria has witnessed its sixth power grid collapse in 2024, as electricity generation on the system dropped from 2,583.77 megawatts at 2am on Monday to 64.7 megawatts around 3am.
This is coming barely a week after the controversial hike in electricity tariff of Band A consumers by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. Nigeria generates an average of 4,000 megawatts of electricity for an estimated 200 million citizens across the country.
Data from the Independent System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN shows that only one electricity generation company, Ibom Power, was active at the time of the grid collapse on Monday morning.
Power generation on the grid crashed further to 44.5.megawatts around 4am, before rising to 132.29MW an hour later. The grid collapse was confirmed by the Jos Electricity Distribution Company.
TCN was still battling to restore the grid as supply rose to 250 megawatts, with Abuja and Lagos Disco having the highest load of 80 megawatts, Ibadan Disco with 50 megawatts, and Benin Disco with 40 megawatts.
Efforts to reach the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, to speak on the latest development proved abortive, as calls and text messages sent to her phones have not been replied.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
