Latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that power generation across all the 25 power stations since last year has been on a steady drop as daily energy generation attained a peak of 3,859.59MW on October 15, 2016, while daily energy sent out on same date was 3,798.16MW.
Besides, the full sign of drop in generation is evident as a total average of 2,548GWH of energy generated by 25 power stations in the country in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Egbin Power Plant contributed about 12.47 per cent of the average energy generated in the period under review, representing the highest generation among the 25 power plants.
An average of 2,497GWH of energy was sent out as Okpai Power Plant recorded the highest percentage of 12.13 per cent of average energy sent out.
The highest daily energy generated per hour attained a peak of 92,630MWH on Oct. 15, 2016 and daily energy sent out per hour on same date was 91,156 MWH.
Also, the lowest daily energy generation of 2,522MW in the fourth quarter of 2016 was attained on Oct. 28, 2016, while daily energy sent out on that date was 2,472 MW.
The statistics indicated further that the lowest daily energy generation per hour was also attained on same date with 60,546 MWH generated and 59,328 MWH sent out.
In November 2016, daily energy generation attained a peak of 3,707.09MW on Nov.22, 2016, while daily energy sent out on same date was 3,644.86MW.
The highest daily energy generated per hour in the month under review attained a peak of 88,970MWH, while daily energy sent out per hour on same date was 87,477,156 MWH.
