Blackout Hits Rivers, Bayelsa, Others As PHED Confirms Loss Of Supply From National Grid
Blackout Hits Rivers, Bayelsa, Others As PHED Confirms Loss Of Supply From National Grid
According to data released earlier on Thursday by the Nigerian National Grid via its official X handle, total electricity generation stood at 3,861 megawatts as of 8:03 a.m.
Residents and businesses in the South-South region of the country, within the Port-Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) franchise area have been plunged into a total blackout following a sudden loss of supply from the national grid.
The outage, which affected the entire service area of the DisCo on Thursday, occurred despite a marginal increase in national power generation.
According to data released earlier on Thursday by the Nigerian National Grid via its official X handle, total electricity generation stood at 3,861 megawatts as of 8:03 a.m.
A breakdown of the load allocation showed that the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company received the highest share of 591MW, followed by Ikeja DisCo with 583MW and Eko DisCo with 498MW.
Other allocations included Ibadan DisCo (463MW), Benin DisCo (313MW), Enugu DisCo (301MW), and Port Harcourt DisCo (274MW). Kano, Kaduna, Jos, and Yola DisCos received 259MW, 251MW, 216MW, and 112MW, respectively.
However, shortly after the data was released, the management of PHED informed its customers that the system had suffered a failure.
In a statement on Thursday, the DisCo confirmed that the current outage was due to a loss of supply from the national grid.
The statement read in part, “We appeal to our esteemed customers to exercise patience as the relevant team is working tirelessly to restore power supply as soon as possible.”
The company, however, did not provide a specific timeline for when the supply would be restored to the affected states, which include Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom.
The frequent collapse of the national grid remains a major challenge for the Nigerian power sector, often leaving millions of consumers in darkness despite various interventions by the Federal Government.
