Nigeria experienced a brief but concerning disruption in its electricity supply when the national grid collapsed for the second time on Tuesday, September 19.
The incident caused a blackout, with power output plummeting dramatically from a peak of 3,594.60 megawatts (MW) at midnight to a mere 42.7MW, marking an all-time low for the nation’s power supply.
As of mid-day yesterday, the only operating power plant on the grid was the Delta Power plant, generating 41.00MW, while Afam contributed a mere 1.7MW
This occurrence follows closely on the heels of two recent grid collapses just over 12 hours, plunging the nation into complete darkness.
However, hours after the setback, power was restored as the Eko Electricity Distribution Company disclosed that supply had started, and customers would soon see light.
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company, which covers some parts of Lagos State, took to X, formerly Twitter, to announce power restoration.
The distribution company said, “Kindly be informed that all our load centers are back on supply, and we have started bringing on our feeders.
“Power supply will be restored soon.”
The grid similarly collapsed last Thursday, throwing Nigerian cities into darkness.
However, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, attributed the grid collapse to a fire outbreak at the Kainji/Jebba 330kV line 2 (Cct K2J) blue phase CVT & Blue phase line.
