The current low and unstable supply of electricity to homes and businesses was as a result of low power generated to the national grid, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc, has said.
Mostly affected are AEDC customers in the FCTA, Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa states.
The Chief Marketing Officer, AEDC, Donald Etim, said in a statement issued in Abuja that “in recent weeks, the level of power generated and served to the national grid for onward delivery to customers has been abysmally low.
“However, we will do our utmost, at all times, to ensure that we equitably distribute even that modest supply in such a way that a fair cross-section of customers is served.”
Etim assured that the AEDC was ensuring that it worked with other stakeholders within the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry to identify and resolve the challenges within the sector.
It said the root causes of this latest low generation had been identified and were being addressed.
AEDC pointed out that the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, had explained during a press briefing that load in the sector shedding was causing blackouts nationwide.
After hitting a peak of 4,582.2 megawatts on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, Nigeria’s power generation on the national grid dropped by 598.3MW to 3,983.9MW on Thursday, March 3, 2022, latest grid performance released on Friday showed.
The Federal Government had on Thursday blamed the current wave of poor power supply experienced in the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the country on low water levels in hydropower dams