*National Grid Collapses For The Fifth Time In 2024
The national electricity grid has once again experienced system failure, leading to blackouts in some parts of the country.
It was gathered that the total generation on the grid stood at 00:00:00 at around 1:33 pm on Monday.
The New Diplomat checks on the Independent System Operators website revealed that the electricity generation from the 22 generation companies reached its peak at 4,067.77MW, subsequently declining to its lowest point at 823.5MW before ultimately dropping to 0.00MW.
Electricity generated by Afam IV & V reached the highest at 72.10 MW and dropped to 0.00, Afam VI reached 382MW before dropping to 0.00, Azura-Edo IPP reached 419MW before dropping to 0.00, Dadinkowa generated 36.24MW and dropped to 0.00.
Electricity generated by the Delta generation company reached 359 MW before dropping to 0.00, Egbin Genco reached 222MW before dropping to 0.00, Geregu (gas) was 85MW before dropping to 0.00, Geregu NIPP was 100MW, Ibom power reached 68MW and Ihovbor was 103MW before the drop to 0.00.
Shiroro (Hydro) GenCo generated 340MW before the drop to 0.00, Sapele (steam) generated 72MW before dropping to 0.00, Rivers IPP generated 146MW before the drop, Paras energy (gas) generated 65MW, Omotosho and Omuku both generated 137MW, 74MW before the system collapse.
Also, Jebba (hydro), Kainji (hydro), Odukpani NIPP (gas), Okpai (gas/ steam), Olorunsogo (gas) and Olorunsogo NIPP (Gas) generated 366MW, 240MW, 77MW, 238MW, 190MW, and 105.80 MW respectively before the drop to 0.00.
The New Diplomat reports that this is the fifth time the national grid will collapse in 2024 alone.
The last time the country was plunged into darkness due to the grid failure was on 6 July 2024.
The national electricity grid, on February 4, collapsed for the first time in 2024.
Also, the country suffered another nationwide blackout on March 28.
On April 14, the nation’s electricity grid experienced another system collapse.
