{"id":99708,"date":"2022-09-26T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99708"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:19:16","slug":"breaking-darkness-as-national-grid-collapses-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-darkness-as-national-grid-collapses-again\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Darkness As National Grid Collapses Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Electricity Transmission System also known as the power grid has collapsed again.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com reports that the collapse occurred \u00a0at 10:51am today, 26th September, 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), which confirmed this in a statement to its customer, said that works are ongoing by TCN engineers to fix the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Here, below, is the statement<\/p>\n<p>NOTICE OF SYSTEM COLLAPSE<\/p>\n<p>The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a system collapse which occurred \u00a0at 10:51am today, 26th September, 2022. This has resulted to the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Signed:<\/p>\n<p>Emeka Ezeh<br \/>\nHead, Corporate Communications, EEDC<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electricity Transmission System also known as the power grid has collapsed again. 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