The grid collapse has caused a massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide, as only about 273 megawatts of electricity are coming from two out of the over 27 electricity generation.
Some electricity distribution companies confirmed the development in notices issued to their customers.
In a notice issued on its X (formerly Twitter) account Thursday morning, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc, said it is on standby awaiting detailed information on the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.
The notice signed by Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications, partly read: “The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 12:40am today, 14th September,2023. This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.
“Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States.
“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.”
Similarly, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko DisCo) confirmed the grid collapse in a notice sent out to its numerous customers on its X account.
The company also said it was in constant communication with the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo and will update the customers as they get more information.
Thursday’s system collapse was the first notable power grid collapse since the last one happened around September 2022.
The transmission company of Nigeria (TCN) last month disclosed that the power grid has maintained uninterrupted stability for over 400 consecutive days.