The quantum of electricity generated in the country fell by over 1,000 megawatts within a space of eight hours on Tuesday.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria stated that the generated electricity dropped by 1,018.5MW between 6am and 3pm.
Data from the System Operator showed
that the country generated 2,418.5MW of electricity as of 6am. But in a
statement by the TCN around 3pm, the firm noted that the total power
generation had dropped to 1,400MW.
The Assistant General Manager, Public
Affairs, TCN, Mr. Clement Ezeolisah, said in the statement, “The
management of the System Operation/Market Operation of the Transmission
Company of Nigeria has alerted that electricity generation into the
national grid has dropped to 1,400MW as of Tuesday, 17th of May, 2016.
“The downward trend of electricity
generation is due to constraints in the thermal power stations, which
have prevented the generators from producing at optimal levels. However,
it is noteworthy to report that all stakeholders are working
assiduously to achieve improvement in the power supply deliverables. The
attendant inconvenience as a result of low power generation is
regretted.”
Additional data from the SO, which were
obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, showed that the country recorded
a peak generation of 2,868.3MW the previous day, while the lowest
generation was 2,166.1MW.
The national peak forecast was put at
17,520MW, while the total installed and available capacities for the
country were 11,165.4MW and 7,139.6MW, respectively.
Officials of the Federal Ministry of
Power, Works and Housing attributed the constraints faced by thermal
power generating plants to the persistent poor supply of gas to fire up
the gas turbines, stressing that the vandalisation of pipelines in
recent times had massively hit the sector negatively.
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