Sunday, 3 July 2016

Electricity generation across the nation drops to 2,524MW

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Nigeria’s electricity generation, yesterday, crashed from the 5,500 Mega Watts (MW) ever attained to 2,524.2MW, which is lower than the 17,720MW national peak demand forecast for the country, The Guardian reports.
A daily generation report released by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) yesterday, showed that the country recorded its lowest generation of 60.5MW the same day. According to the TCN report, despite the fact that the country has an installed capacity of 11,165.40mw, the country’s network operational capability remained at 5,500mw.
Corroborating the TCN daily electricity generation report, the weekly energy watch released by the Nigerian Electricity and Regulatory Commission (NERC), put the average energy constrained during the week at 4,571mw. The NERC report revealed that gas was responsible for about 4,399mw of power constraint while water management and line limitation was responsible for the constraint of 50mw and 181mw respectively.

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