Following the nationwide blackout caused by the collapse of the national grid on Monday, power is being restored to many transmission stations across the country.
This was announced today, March 15, by Eko Electricity Distribution Company in a statement.
The statement reads, “Dear esteemed customers, we would like to inform you that the TCN station have been restored. Power supply to our customers are equally being restored in phases as we monitor the progress. More updates shall be provided on the situation.”
The national grid's power generation dropped to zero megawatts around 10.40 a.m. on Monday, resulting in widespread blackouts across the country.
Several power distribution companies notified their customers about the grid failure, emphasizing that it was the cause of the outages.
Enugu Disco, for example, described it as a general system collapse, adding that the drop in power generation on the grid resulted in a blackout in the five states covered by its franchise area.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company also stated that the collapse had an impact on its network and franchise area.
The Ikeja Disco confirmed the system failure, stating that it occurred at nearly the same time on Monday.
On its part, Eko Electricity Distribution Company informed its customers that “A system collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 a.m. today (Monday), leading to outages across our network.
“We are working on the situation with our TCN partners and will keep you updated. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.”
