Blackout Gets Worse As The Country's Grid Collapses Once More

Nigerians were plunged into darkness on Monday, December 11, following the failure of the country's grid

The majority of Nigeria is without electricity as a result of the national grid collapsing once more, leaving many people without light.

The system broke down at around 1pm, reducing power output from 4,032.80 megawatts at around 12pm to 43 megawatts at 1pm, and a pitiful 303 megawatts at roughly 5:00pm.

The majority of Discos verified that their feeders are down, despite the fact that, according to data accessible on the Transmission Company of Nigeria's System Network, as of 5 p.m., all 22 of the grid's power plants were reporting zero megawatts.

This occurs only four months after 400 days of grid stability were celebrated with a drum blast by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

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There were 24 power system collapses in the nation in 2013, according to data on grid collapse. In 2014, there were 13 collapse incidents recorded. The grid collapsed ten times in 2015, twenty-eight times in 2016, and twenty-one times in 2017.

In 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, there were 13, 11, 4, and 4 grid collapse cases, respectively. Approximately ten times between 2022 and this year, it collapsed.