{"id":177762,"date":"2024-03-29T04:09:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T03:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=177762"},"modified":"2024-03-29T04:09:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T03:09:50","slug":"nigeria-thrown-into-darkness-as-power-grid-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/nigeria-thrown-into-darkness-as-power-grid-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria thrown into darkness as power grid collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria was thrown into darkness on Thursday afternoon following the collapse of the electricity grid controlled from Osogbo,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/regional\/ssouth-west\/681518-osun-to-issue-executive-order-freeing-all-unjustly-incarcerated-women-adeleke.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osun<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0State, around 4:32 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A source in one of the distribution companies (DisCo) said the feeders for most DisCos nationwide were out of supply.<\/p>\n<p>The development, the source added, has left virtually all franchise areas for DisCos across the 36 states in darkness.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, as of 4p.m, the grid output was 2984 megawatts. But by 5 p.m., the 21 plants on the grid had zero output.<\/p>\n<p>In February, a grid collapse also left the nation in darkness.<\/p>\n<p>A last check with the source when filing this report revealed that Azura was the only plant on the grid with an output capacity of about 54 megawatts.<\/p>\n<p>Egbin, Afam, Geregu, Ibom Power, Jebba,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kainji_Dam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kainji<\/a><\/strong>, Odukpani, and Olorunsogo, among other plants, all had zero output.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2013, the federal government privatised all generation and 11 distribution companies, with the FG retaining the ownership of the transmission company. This was to improve efficiency in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>However, since privatisation, the grid has collapsed more than 140 times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria was thrown into darkness on Thursday afternoon following the collapse of the electricity grid controlled from Osogbo,\u00a0Osun\u00a0State, around 4:32 p.m. A source in one of the distribution companies (DisCo) said the feeders for most DisCos nationwide were out of supply. 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