The nation’s power grid has suffered its ninth total system collapse this year amid a lack of spinning reserve that is meant to forestall such occurrences.

This year, the national grid has so far recorded 10 collapses – nine total, while one was partial, the latest data obtained from the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Friday showed.

The latest total collapse occurred on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, while total electricity generation stood at 2,982.60 megawatts as of 6am on that day, down from 3,276MW on September 1. It was gathered that the power grid would remain vulnerable without adequate spinning reserves.

Out of the five power stations meant to provide spinning reserves, none had any actual reserve as of 6am on Thursday, with the contracted reserve put at 295MW. The power stations are Egbin, Delta, and the three built under the National Integrated Power Project scheme, namely Olorunsogo II, Geregu II and Omotosho II.

Source: The Punch