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National Grid Experiences First Collapse of 2025

The national electricity grid suffered its first collapse of 2025 at 11:00 am on Wednesday, leaving many Nigerians without power.

The collapse impacted most power plants, with the national generation plummeting from 4,064 megawatts at 11:00 am to 1,203 MW by noon. By 1:00 pm, the grid had completely collapsed to 0.00 MW.

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) confirmed the grid failure via its X (formerly Twitter) handle.

“Dear Valued Customer, we regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 am today, causing a power outage across our franchise areas. While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to serve you better,” the company stated.

Similarly, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IEDC) reported the incident on X, stating, “Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today, 12th February 2025, at 11:34hrs affecting all our feeders. Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders.”

This is the first grid collapse in 2025, following a total of 12 grid collapses in 2024.

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