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Blackout: DisCos apologize to customers over Power Outage

THE Electricity Distribution Companies, or DisCos, has apologized to their customers on Thursday and promised to resume supply as soon as things were better.

According to information obtained by Vanguard from the Nigeria energy System Operator, a semi-autonomous division of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, there was no transmission, distribution, or supply of energy to consumers in the country as of this morning at 8 a.m.

Meanwhile, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company, or EKEDC, announced in a message retrieved via its X (previously Twitter) handle: “Kindly be advised that a system meltdown occurred today at 6:41 a.m. As a result, our network has completely lost supplies.

 “We are in continuous communication with our partners at the National Control Centre, NCC, Osogbo. You will be updated as we get more information.”

Similarly, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, stated: “The management of AEDC wishes to inform its customers that the power outage currently being experienced is a result of a system failure from the national grid in the early hours of today, 14 September 2023.

Be rest assured that we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilized.”

Also, in a notice to its customers, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC, EEDC, said: “We wish to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 12:40 am today, 14th September 2023. This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.

“Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States.

“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre, NCC, Osogbo.”

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