The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which runs Nigeria’s national grid system from Osogbo in Osun State, has once again plunged the country into darkness.
In the early hours of today, reports said that the grid plummeted to a meagre 273 megawatts of electricity, coming from two out of the over 27 generators.
This comes barely a week after TCN rolled out the red carpet to celebrate a questionable 400 days of national grid stability.
A number of distribution companies confirmed to The Guardian that the grid went down at 00:41 AM, disclosing that most of their feeders are out.
As of 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, five generating plants were on the grid. Afam VI had 0.70 MW, Dadinkowa was generating 0.00 MW, Ibom Power had 32.90 MW, Jebba had 240 MW, and Olorunsogo was on the grid with zero generation.
At about 1:00 a.m., the total power on the grid was 35 MW, indicating that the country experienced a total collapse.
The grid went to 193 MW at about 3 a.m. before climbing to 273 MW when this report was filed.
The TCN has not responded to inquiries by our correspondent about the development.
