Power outage hits South-East as national grid collapses again
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc has notified South-East residents of a total system collapse which occurred at its transmission station at about 2:41 am on Monday.
The EEDC said the situation has resulted in the loss of supply to all its interface TCN stations and consequently, it is unable to provide service to its customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo states.
This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Monday by the Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh.
He said, “The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 2:41 am today, April 15, 2024.
“This resulted in the loss of supply to all our interface TCN stations. Consequently, we were unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo states.
“However, the situation is gradually being resolved as we received the supply at Awada TCN station, Onitsha, at 7:30 am.
“We are in constant communication with the relevant authorities awaiting the full restoration of supply by the National Control Centre, NCC, Oshogbo. Thank you for your usual understanding and cooperation.”
The News reports that Nigeria has witnessed its sixth power grid collapse of 2024, as electricity generation on the system collapsed from 2,583.77MW at 2 am on Monday to 64.7MW around 3 am.
Nigeria generates an average of 4,000 MW of electricity for an estimated 200 million citizens across the country.
But this is hardly sustainable, as the grid continues to record incessant collapse due to gas supply constraints, transmission infrastructure vandalism, and liquidity crises, among others.
