The National grid has suffered yet another collapse, plunging the country into another round of darkness.
The grid suffered multiple collapse in the month of October, with the Federal Government promising a permanent solution to the embarrassment.
As of 2:35pm, hourly generation readings showed that none of the the Power Generation Company had a single megawatt.
On Saturday, October 19, 2024, the national power grid suffered a major setback, marking the eighth grid failure in 2024, with three occurring within one week.
Two days later, the grid failed again. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) had blamed the development on blamed on a fire outbreak at the Jebba transmission station.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria confirmed that “the national grid experienced a partial disturbance at about 1:52 pm today, 5th November 2024.”
TCN spokesperson Ndidi Mbah said, “This followed a series of line and generator trippings that caused instability in the grid and, consequently, the partial disturbance of the system.”
She stated that data from the National Control Centre revealed that a part of the grid was not affected by the bulk power disruption.
“TCN engineers are already working to quickly restore bulk power supply to the states affected by the partial disturbance. Presently, bulk power supply has been restored to Abuja at 2:49 pm, and we are gradually restoring it to other parts of the country.
“We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause our electricity customers,” she said.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had decried the escalating incidence of grid disturbances often leading to marked outage in several states thus reversing many of the gains recently achieved in reducing infrastructure deficit and improving grid stability.
