The national power grid on Wednesday suffered another system collapse, resulting in worsening the blackout in parts of the country.

As of Tuesday, the peak power generation was 4,757MW while the lowest generation was 3,976MW. While 101,605 megawatts hour (MWH) energy was generated, consumers through the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) utilised 99,955MWH, according to real-time power grid records by the Independent System Operations (ISO) section of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

However, by Wednesday afternoon, checks indicated that only five of the 11 DisCos had slight energy allocation while the six others had no energy to supply to their customers across the states.

Their energy load expectations also dropped from over 4,000MW previously to 260MW by 1:00pm on Wednesday.

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According to a statement by Kaduna Electric by the Head, Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, the collapse occurred at 11:01 am on Wednesday.

“Dear esteemed customers, we regret to inform you that the power outage currently being experienced across our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid.

“The collapse occurred at about 11:01 am this morning. Power supply shall be restored across our franchise as soon as the grid is restored by the TCN team,” it stated.

Similarly, Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, in a message to its customers, said, “Dear customer, there is a partial system collapse on the national grid. Our TCN partners are working to restore supply immediately. Please bear with us.”