On Wednesday, the national electricity grid crashed once more.
According to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company, the system breakdown happened at around 11:27 am.
“Dear customers, we regret to inform you of a system collapse on the national grid at precisely 11:27 am today, Wednesday, July 20. We are in talks with the Transmission Company of Nigeria to ascertain the cause of the collapse and a possible restoration timeline.
“We will keep you updated on the situation,” the Disco said via its Twitter handle on Wednesday.
As InsightnaijaTV reported on June 13 that the grid had fallen for the fifth time in 2022, this was the grid’s sixth collapse this year.
As usual, the collapse is anticipated to cut off energy to several areas of the nation.
Nigeria’s electricity grid had twice collapsed in March and twice more in April of this year due to the system’s fluctuating power generation as a result of several issues, including gas shortages, problems with water management, and gas pipeline vandalism, among others.
According to a report by InsightnaijaTV in April, the amount of electricity flowing through the grid decreased that day from over 3,000 MW to as little as 10 MW at around 21.00 hours.
According to the research, the grid had a second collapse on April 9, 2022, when the country’s power system only produced 33 MW at roughly 1:00 a.m. after reaching a high generation of 3,281.50 MW at 0:00 a.m.
Additionally, the national grid went offline twice in March, both times within the span of two days. This event prompted the Federal Government to call a meeting of interested parties to discuss the problem.
