Esther Salifu
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company alerted South-East resident of a complete system breakdown which happens at its transmission station at about 2:41am on Monday.
The EEDC revealed that the situation is the cause of the loss of supply to all its interface TCN stations and consequently in some states, Abia , Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo state
The Head of Corporate Communications EEDC, Emeka Ezeh revealed in a press statement issued on Monday
He said, “The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 2:41 am today, April 15, 2024.
“This resulted in the loss of supply to all our interface TCN stations. Consequently, we were unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo states
“However, the situation is gradually being resolved as we received the supply at Awada TCN station, Onitsha, at 7:30 am.
“We are in constant communication with the relevant authorities awaiting the full restoration of supply by the National Control Centre, NCC, Oshogbo. Thank you for your usual understanding and cooperation.”
It is reported that Nigeria has witnessed its sixth power grid collapse of 2024, as electricity generation on the system collapsed from 2,583.77MW at 2 am on Monday to 64.7MW around 3 am.
Nigeria generates an average of 4,000 MW of electricity for an estimated 200 million citizens across the country.
However,this is hardly sustainable, as the grid continues to record incessant collapse due to gas supply constraints, transmission infrastructure vandalism, and liquidity crises.
