The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has confirmed the collapse of the national grid, attributing the incident to an explosion of a nearby transformer, which caused the shutdown of the grid system.
In a statement on Saturday, NERC reported that the grid system is being restored across 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), assuring Nigerians that full restoration is underway.
The commission explained that the outage occurred following an explosion at a current transformer at the Jebba transmission station at 08:15 hours, triggering a cascade of power plant shutdowns due to the sudden loss of load.
“The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission notes with concern the recent escalating incidence of grid disturbances often leading to marked outage in several states thus reversing many of the gains recently achieved in reducing infrastructure deficit and improving grid stability.
“Initial reports on the grid disturbance that occurred this morning…