Nigeria electricity generation crash from about 3,840 megawatts (MW) inside di morning to less than 500MW on Monday, a drop wey trigger outages for parts of di kontri. Di grid operator talk say di national network no collapse.
Data from di Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) portal, niggrid.org, show say total generation on di grid fall to 476.70MW by 1 p.m. Dat figure na about 88 percent below wetin dem record at 7 a.m., and e mean say more than 3,300MW lost.
Output bin stable through di morning before e drop abruptly around 12:40 p.m., leaving most power plants for di kontri reporting zero generation. By 3 p.m., only handful of stations still dey feed electricity into di grid: Odukpani NIPP, Omotosho and Sapele, and each one contribute small amount. Major plants like Egbin, Jebba, Shiroro and Kainji record no output, same as several gas-fired facilities.
By 1:23 p.m., di NISO dashboard show real-time generation of about 480MW, with only five generating companies producing electricity. Consumers carry di matter go social media to report interruptions between about 12:45 p.m. and 1:20 p.m., though di full geographic extent of di outages no clear immediately.
Di scale of di drop raise fresh concern about stability of di national electricity system, wey serve population of more than 200 million and dey always constrain households and businesses. Di operator push back on suggestion say na systemic failure.
A senior NISO official, wey speak on condition of anonymity, talk say di grid no dey experience disturbance. “There is no disturbance at the moment,” di official talk. “Probably if something is happening, maybe it is a local issue, but there is nothing on the grid.” Di official add say temporary outages or minor tripping for some areas no necessarily mean say national grid collapse.
Monday episode join oda grid disturbances and collapses wey happun dis year, and dem don weaken confidence in reliability of power supply to homes and businesses. Such events usually see generating units trip offline one after anoda, forcing di operator to restore supply in stages. Di Federal Government recently approve plans to develop new eastern and western power grids as part of effort to tackle recurring failures and improve system stability. Details of di timeline and financing no dey inside di information available on Monday.
