Nigeria has been thrust into darkness once more, as the national grid suffered a catastrophic collapse, resulting in a drastic drop in power output, Top Society understands.
The power outrage is as a result to meet the demand of band A customers, spelling doom for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
The TCN and DisCos have been trading blame on why they cannot meet their contractual obligations.
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According to the Independent System Operator (SO), the technical wing of the TCN, at 10:53 am on Monday, 770MW was sent to 10 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos).
Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) , according to the document of Load Distribution Profile, got 0MW.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed the grid collapse in a statement on its microblogging handle X on Monday morning.
The National grid, according to reports collapsed on Sunday throwing the country into darkness.
This is the second time the grid has collapsed in less than one month.
The latest collapse came barely a week after the controversial review of Band A power consumers increased tariffs by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
