BY FOLASHADE KEHINDE
THE nation may be plunged into darkness for some time, owing to a system collapse on the national grid.
This was disclosed by the different electricity distribution companies in notices to their customers.
As a result of the system collapse, some parts of the country were thrown into darkness on Wednesday, a development that continued into Thursday.
General Manager, Corporate Communications, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), in a statement, said the system collapse disrupted supply in Abuja and its environs.
He said, “We have been unable to serve our customers in Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa States as well as a significant portion of the entire Federal Capital Territory.
“At the moment, only 20 megawatts (MW) has been allocated to AEDC as against the over 400MW that we have been receiving in recent times.”
Also, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), said, “Dear customer, the present outage is due to a system collapse on the National Grid. TCN assures us that supply will be restored shortly.”
Quoting the TCN, the spokesperson and Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies, Joy Ogaji, said, “Most of these service interruptions take place because of the inability of the Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos to take loads allocated to them.”
“Network/Grid instability is a key factor in Electric Power Generation. Hence, building a strategy to increase system resilience requires an understanding of a wide range of preparatory, preventive, and remedial actions as well as an awareness of how these actions impact planning, operation, and restoration over the entire life cycle of different kinds of grid failures,” she added.
