Electricity Grid Suffers First Collapse In 2021
The nation’s power grid has experienced its first collapse this year, leaving parts of the country in a blackout.
Two of the electricity distribution companies in the country, Ikeja Electric Plc, and Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, announced this in messages to their customers via their Twitter handles on Wednesday.
It disclosed,saying“This is to inform you that we experienced a partial collapse at 13:58hrs today and this affected all customers on the IE network. However, we are pleased to inform our customers that power supply has been restored to Alimosho, Ogba, and Alausa transmission stations at 14:47hrs”.
Please note that gradual restoration to other areas is currently ongoing. Thank you for your understanding.”
EKEDC claimed that There has been a partial system collapse on the national grid interrupting supply to most areas within their network.