National grid collapse cause of power outage – DISCOs

system disturbance general manager

National grid collapse cause of power outage – DISCOs

The national grid has collapsed again, leading to power outage in some parts of the country.

This was announced on Sunday by two of the power distribution companies in the country, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC and Kaduna Electric.

Eko Electricity in its message via its official Twitter handle said, “Dear customer, the outage you’re experiencing is due to a system collapse on the National Grid. We are working with our TCN partners to restore supply as soon as possible. Please bear with us.”

Kaduna Electric in its message titled ‘National Grid Collapse’ and shared via its official Twitter handle said, “We regret to inform you that the loss of power supply in our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid. The collapse occurred at about 11:26 am on Sunday morning.

Dear customer,
The outage you’re experiencing is due to a system collapse on the National Grid.
We are working with our TCN partners to restore supply as soon as possible.
Please bear with us #PowerUpdate.