By our reporter| The national electricity collapsed again on Monday as power outages were reported all over the country.
According to electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country, Monday’s collapse of the grid occurred at 10:40am and disrupted power supply within their networks.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company Limited (EKEDC) in a Tweet via its official Twitter handle apologised to customers and promised to keep them updated on the situation.
“Dear esteemed customer, we regret to inform you of a total system collapse on the national grid at 10:40 am today, leading to outages across our network,” EKEDC said.
“We are closely monitoring the situation with our TCN partners to determine the cause and a timeline for resolution.”
Enugu Electricity Distribution Plc, also reported loss of power supply to its customers in five states in a statement by its spokesman, Emeka Ezeh.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers in the South East of a general system collapse which occurred this morning, Monday, 14th March, 2022 at 10:40 am,” the statement reads in part.
“This is the reason for the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.
“Consequently, all our outgoing feeders are out and supply to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States are affected by this development.
“We are on standby and awaiting signal from the National Control Centre (NCC) for restoration of supply.”
Kaduna Electric also confirmed the national grid collapse via its Twitter handle.
“We regret to inform you that the power outage being experienced in our franchise states is due to system collapse of the national grid,” the post reads.
The head of corporate communications, Ikeja Electric, Felix Ofulue according to NAN, confirmed its customers were affected by the system collapse.
According to him, supply has, however, been restored.
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