Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday wheeled out about 3,959 megawatts of generated electricity to the 11 distribution companies as the country’s power supply gradually stabilised.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the power generation data is obtained from daily forecast on the Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) website.
The daily power statistics posted by SO, a section of the TCN, shows that power generation gradually improved during the festive season with a peak generation of 3,959 megawatts from the national grid.
The website shows that the country’s power generation also recorded its lowest generation of 3,366 megawatts within the same period.
According to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI, operational report for Jan. 3, the power sector hits a peak generation of 4,959 megawatts as against 3,321 megawatts recorded on Dec. 2.
NESI, a subsidiary of the TCN, said that the sector recorded highest system frequency of 51.52Hz and lowest system frequency of 48.85 Hz.
It also said that the highest voltage recorded was 372KV, while lowest voltage recorded on the same day was 300KV.
Meanwhile, NESI, on Jan. 3 disclosed that over N534 billion of revenue was lost by the power sector in 2016.
Among the reasons for the loss are shortages in gas supply, frequency and line limitations and water levels management constraints that led to several cases of electricity outage in the country.
