The National Electrical power grid suffers another major system failure, as its collapses again, worsening the blackout experienced in parts of the country. 
The National grid collapse happened around 11 am on Wednesday, 12 2021, and the national grid collapse has been confirmed by two of the country’s electricity distribution companies in separate text messages sent to their customers.
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“We regret to inform you that the power outage currently being experienced across our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid,” Kaduna Electric has seen on Twitter
Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, in a text message to its customers, said, “Dear customer, there is a partial system collapse on the national grid. Our TCN partners are working to restore supply immediately. Please bear with us.”
The grid, which is being managed by the government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria, has continued to suffer system collapse over the years amid a lack of spinning reserve that is meant to forestall such occurrences.
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Spinning reserve is the generation capacity that is online but unloaded and that can respond within 10 minutes to compensate for generation or transmission outages.
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