A report from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has revealed that electricity consumers connected to the national grid need additional output of 14,622megawatts (Mw) to meet their requirements, The Nation reports.
The company’s daily operational report showed that between Sunday and Tuesday this week, the national peak demand forecast was 17,720Mw while generation stood at 3,097.3Mw, reflecting a shortfall of 14,622.7Mw. Generation to the national grid, according to the report, has been about 3,000Mw since July, when attacks on gas pipelines by the Niger Delta militants started reducing.
The TCN also said the nation has installed transmission capacity of 11,165.40Mw while the functional facilities, if optimally utilised, can supply 7,139.60Mw. The shortfall may be due to several constraints, including facility breakdown. The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Mr. Sunday Oduntan, said the estimated national peak demand forecast of about 17,000Mw by the TCN is only a fraction of the actual national demand as the huge energy-consuming firms are not connected to the grid.
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