On Wednesday, the national electricity grid collapsed, dropping power generation to about 260 megawatts (MW) and causing nationwide outage.
None of the over 20 generation Companies (GenCos) produced energy as of 1pm due to the system collapse while it was not immediately clear what caused the power grid disturbance, according to real-time power grid records by the Independent System Operations (ISO) section of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.
The peak power generation was 4,757MW as of Tuesday, while the lowest generation was 3,976MW. While 101,605 megawatts hour (MWH) energy was generated, consumers through the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) utilised 99,955MWH.