The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said a total  system collapse of the national  grid was recorded on Sept. 28 at 8:03 p.m., resulting in  temporary  loss of  electricity generation for the nation’s power grid.
A statement from TCN’s  management on Friday in Abuja said that reports obtained from  power stations and the sequence of events generated by the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) had  revealed the cause of the collapse.
It said the SCADA system report  indicated that the system collapse was triggered by the tripping of Egbin power plants Units ST4, ST6 and ST5.It, however, said that restoration of grid system had also commenced at 8:22 p.m. on Sept. 28.
According to the statement, a post mortem analysis of the issue indicated that grid generation was curtailed to about 4,262.7 Mega Watts (MW) before the disturbance.
It further revealed that the analysis conducted clearly  showed that there was insufficient level of rotating reserve provided by grid-connected generation companies a
rising from low tariffs for providing ancillary services.

It said TCN had filed an application to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for an extraordinary tariff review to avert further occurrence of such incident.

Source:. Vanguard

Nigerian's inability to provide constant and reliable electricity supply over the years is shameful. Totally shameful! Honestly speaking at this point, I'm doubtful if my generation would ever experience 24 hours/365 days of uninterrupted power supply. I'd be very happy if we did.

chukxie:
Nigerian's inability to provide constant and reliable electricity supply over the years is shameful. Totally shameful! Honestly speaking at this point, I'm doubtful if my generation would ever experience 24 hours/365 days of uninterrupted power supply. I'd be very happy if we did.

so u think Nigeria cannot provide 24/hr supply of electricity yet we are responsible for the one ghana, Niger, benin enjoy...!! The enemy is not Nigerians but the government..

whitebeard:
so u think Nigeria cannot provide 24/hr supply of electricity yet we are responsible for the one ghana, Niger, benin enjoy...!! The enemy is not Nigerians but the government..

Without any shadow of doubt the Nigerian gov't has the ability to provide constant and reliable electricity supply for Nigerians. However, the real and intriguing question is why hasn't it done so? It beats me, bro. And I'm sure it beats you, too.

I still hv light here . Abi Ago don dey use Ghana grids?

chukxie:


Without any shadow of doubt the Nigerian gov't has the ability to provide constant and reliable electricity supply for Nigerians. However, the real and intriguing question is why hasn't it done so? It beats me, bro. And I'm sure it beats you, too.

yes of course.