ABUJA – Latest data from the Advisory Power Team, (APT) indicates that the country lost 1.548 megawatts per hour of the 4.482 megawatts average energy generated from November 26 to December 25, while the peak for the 30 days stood at 5.504mw, declining by 16 per cent compared to the previous month.
The latest report from the APT shows that Nigerian power sector has continued to suffer severe loss of revenue due to gas as well as transmission and distribution constraints in the electricity value chain, with the losses hitting N22.294 billion on Christmas day, a 30-day review has showed.
The largely negative figures for the last 30 days from the Advisory Power Team, which is resident in the office of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, also showed that with declining generation and distribution, many Nigerian homes did not enjoy stable power supply during the ongoing festivities.
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Published 21 December 2020
A total of 10,106.8 megawatts of electricity could not be generated by the nation’s power plants last week amid lingering challenges in the Nigerian electricity supply industry,
’FEMI ASU reports
Daily electricity generation in the country averaged 4,601.33MW last week as gas constraints and low load demand by electricity distribution companies limited power plants’ output.
The power plants connected to the national grid produced a total of 32,209.3MW last week, according to daily generation figures as of 6am collated from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator.
The plants could not produce 8,924.4MW because of gas supply challenges while 1,182.4MW generation capacity was left idle as a result of Discos’ low demand.