The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced a partial system collapse that disrupted electricity supply across the South-East on Thursday.
In a statement issued on February 19, 2026, the company said the incident occurred at about 11:54 a.m., leading to widespread outages affecting customers served by its subsidiary companies — MainPower, TransPower, FirstPower, NewEra, and EastLand.
Confirming the development, EEDC’s Group Head, Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, said the company is awaiting restoration of supply.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EEDC) wishes to inform its customers across the South-East that it experienced a partial system collapse today, at about 11:54 am.
“This resulted in the power outage currently experienced by customers served by our subsidiary companies—MainPower, TransPower, FirstPower, NewEra, and EastLand.
“The cause of the collapse is yet to be ascertained, but we are on standby, awaiting restoration of supply.
“We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this development has caused our esteemed customers,” Ezeh stated.
The company did not immediately provide details on the cause of the system failure but assured customers that efforts are underway to restore normal electricity supply as soon as possible.
