Nigerians are expected to remain in darkness following the failure of the national grid system managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo in Osun State
According to reports, the grid was reduced to 273 megawatts of electricity generated by two of the approximately 27 power plants.
According to The Guardian. Several Distribution Companies confirmed that the grid went down at 00:41 AM, revealing that the majority of their feeders are offline.
Five generating plants were operational as of 4:00 a.m. on Thursday. Afam VI had 0.70MW, Dadinkowa had 0.00MW, Ibom Power had 32.90MW, Jebba had 240MW, and Olorunsogo had zero generation.
At approximately 1 AM midnight, the total power on the grid was 35MW, signifying that the country had completely collapsed.
The grid dropped to 193MW about 3 a.m. before rising to 273MW when this report was filed.
