Power generation never reached 5,000MW in 2018, hits 5,375MW last week—Report
Contrary to claims by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, that Nigerian electricity generation had been over and above 7,000MW since the advent of the current administration, latest data from the Ministry on daily power generation revealed that throughout last year, generation never neared 7,000MW, but stayed below 5,000MW.
However, since the first week of February, the data said the National Grid has jumped to 5,375 megawatts (MW) of power generation, the highest ever attained in Nigeria both last year and now.
Besides, the grid has also sustained a 5,000MW peak generation trend for seven days so far in February, 2019.
Otherwise, for at least seven days in February, 2019, the grid has recorded power generation of over 5,000MW, records from the Independent System Operation (ISO), a section of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), also indicated.
The breakdown shows that the grid had 5,033MW on February 2 and 3. It dropped to 5,014MW last Tuesday and rose to 5,147MW on Wednesday last week. By Thursday, the 5,375MW highest threshold was reached. The trend dropped on Friday to 5,003MW and further slid to 5,001MW last Saturday, the documents claimed. The lowest generation during the review period was greater at over 3,600MW than it was in January, 2018. The latest lowest generation as at Saturday was 3,810MW; this was higher than peak generation of 3,785MW attained on January 26, 2019.
Business Hilights gathered that the very last time Nigeria reached a nearer threshold was in December, 2017, when the peak generation rose to 5,222MW.
