Nigerians experience blackout as national grid collapses again

Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed yet again, as the total generation on the grid read 00:00:00 at 1:33 pm on Monday.

The total system collapse which led to total blackout in most parts of the country, is occurring for the seventh time in 2024. The last time the country was plunged into darkness due to the grid failure was on 6 July, 2024.

BusinessDay’s check on the Independent System Operators website showed that electricity generated by the 22 generation companies peaked at 4,067.77MW and declined to it’s least at 823.5MW before the total drop to 0.00.

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.