• National power grid crashes again, leading to nationwide blackout for ninth time in 2024
• The distribution companies (DisCo) confirmed the collapse in messages to customers and apologised
• The Nigerian Transport Company has released an official statement on the latest network failure

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The national power grid suffered another collapse on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, dropping Nigeria in total disruption.

According to data from the Nigerian System Operator’s Portal (niggrid.org), power generation dropped to an unprecedented zero megawatts as of 2:00 p.m., affecting all 22 Generation Operating Companies (GenCos) nationwide .

The latest outage marks the ninth power grid collapse in Nigeria in 2024, BusinessDay reports.

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Grid Collapse Timeline 2024

• The first major outage occurred on February 4, 2024, when grid capacity dropped sharply from 2,407 megawatts to just 31 MW by midday, eventually reaching zero shortly after.

Since then, the grid has kept failing, with subsequent breakdowns:

• August 5
• Three times in October
• In particular, the October 14 crash it was followed by a partial failure the next day.
• Another disturbance on October 19 that narrowly avoided a complete collapse.

Disc message to customers

In a post shared on X, Ikeja Electric apologized to its customers for the outage and confirmed the collapse of the national grid.

The statement reads:

Public Notice Dear Customer, Please be informed that we have had a system outage today, November 5, 2024 at 1:52 PM, which is affecting provisioning on our network.

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“The restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with key stakeholders. Please take care of us.”

Similarly, Eko Distribution Company in Nigeria he also said:

“Dear customer, please be informed that a system crash occurred on November 5, 2024 at 1:52 PM, resulting in a loss of power to our network.

“We are currently working with our partners as we hope to quickly restore the network. We will update you as soon as power is restored.”

TCN talks about the latest collapse

Meanwhile, the Transport Company of Nigeria (TCN) has clarified that the collapse of the national network, which occurred on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, was a partial outage rather than a total outage.

In a statement on Tuesday, Ndidi Mbah, the general manager of public affairs at TCN, explained that the incident was caused by multiple line and generator displacements.

Mbah said:

“The disruption did not affect the entire network, sparing certain areas from losing power.

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“TCN engineers are actively working to restore bulk power to the affected regions, with power already restored in Abuja by 2.49pm.”

NERC issues a warning to Nigerians using prepaid meters

Legit.ng reported that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has again reminded Nigerians to upgrade their meters before the November 2024 deadline.

The commission released the message through its official X account on Tuesday, August 8, 2024, urging electricity consumers to take action before the deadline.

The commission warned that after the deadline, consumers who fail to upgrade may not be able to recharge their electricity.

Source: Legit.ng