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Published 14 May 2021
The number of idle power plants on the national grid increased by two to 12 on Thursday following the total system collapse that occurred on Wednesday.
The total power generation in the country declined to 3,927.9 megawatts as of 6am on Thursday from 4,272MW at the same time the previous day.
The plants that did not generate any megawatts of electricity as of 6am on Thursday included seven of those built under the National Integrated Power Project, namely Geregu II, Sapele II, Alaoji, Olorunsogo II, Omotosho II, Ihovbor, and Gbarain.
The others were Ibom Power, Rivers IPP, AES, ASCO and Egbin ST6.