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Blackouts as grid collapses after losing 1106MWs power

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Some parts of the country were thrown into darkness, on Monday, after the grid collapsed upon losing 1106MegaWatts.

Data showed that as of 6 am the same day, 19 generation companies (GenCos) had generated 3,867.60 MWs of electricity.

They were: Afam IV & V (GAS), Afam VI (GAS/STEAM), Alaoji NIPP (GAS), Azura-Edo IPP (GAS), Delta (Gas),Egbin (Steam), Geregu(Gas), Ihovbor NIPP (Gas), Jebba (Hydro), Kainji( hydro).

Others are; Rivers IPP (Gas), SapeleNIPP (Gas), Shiroro (hydro) Trans-Amadi (Gas), Olorunsogo (Gas), Omoku (gas), Omotosho (gas), Omotosho NIPP (gas), and Paras energy (GAS).

However, hourly, the system continued to lose the various amount of power.

For instance, by 7 am same day Delta gas which generated 522MWs had gone off the grid and by 11 am, generation went off.

As of 5 pm on Monday, the total generation to the grid was 104.30 MWs from Ihovbor NIPP gas.

In a terse statement, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) also confirmed the development.

It said efforts were being made to restore normal supply to customers within its franchise.

The statement read: “Dear Esteemed Customer, we experienced general outage across the AEDC network at 10:40 am today due to a system collapse which occurred on the national grid.

“Appropriate measures are now being taken to restore normal supply as quickly as possible. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience,” it said.

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