Blackout: Again, National Grid Collapses

The national grid collapsed again on Wednesday, after it experienced line tripping in January.

According to the X handle created for reports on the grid @NationalGridNg, “there was a ‘GRID DISTURBANCE’ before noon today. Parts of the country experienced outage. Further information shortly,” the post read.

The grid lost power generation some minutes after 11 on Wednesday morning.

However, sources in some power generation companies confirmed to our correspondent that there was a general grid disturbance on Wednesday morning.

The report states that there was a trip-off and the power went off before noon.

Most power plants on the grid lost generation when the incident occurred.

At 11 am, hourly power generation was 4064 megawatts but this dropped to 1,203MW at 12 pm and 0.00MW at 1 pm.

This is about the first time the grid will collapse in 2025 after it experienced a line tripping in January.

In 2024, the grid collapsed 12 and over 100 times in 10 years.

On its X handle on Wednesday, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the development.

“Dear Valued Customer, We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 am today causing a power outage across our franchise areas.

“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to serve you better,” the post reads.