Nigerian national grid collapses again

• 17 days ago (2024-04-16)
• David Flin

Africa 303 Transmission 181

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Nigeria has suffered its sixth national grid collapse of 2024, as electricity generation on the system dropped from 2583 MW at 2am on 15 April to 64 MW at 3am that day. It then fell to 44 MW at 4am, before later rising to 132 MW.

Data from the Independent System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria , showed that only one electricity company, Ibom Power, was active when the grid collapsed.

Dr Friday Elijah, Head of Corporate Affairs for Jos Electricity Distribution Company , said: “The current outage being experienced is a result of a loss of power supply from the national grid.”