The nation’s power generation plunged to
zero megawatt six times last month, the
highest level since 2009, industry data
obtained by our correspondent on Friday
showed.
Electricity supply to households and
businesses across the country dropped
significantly in May as the national grid
recorded six total collapses and one
partial collapse within the period.
The national grid completely collapsed 11
times in the first five months of the year,
as compared to six and nine times for the
whole of 2015 and 2014, respectively.
The latest total system collapse was
recorded on Wednesday, June 1,
according to the data.
As of 6am on Friday, eleven power plants,
including the Shiroro Power Station in
Niger State, were not generating any
megawatts of electricity.
Others were Afam IV & V, Geregu I,
Omotosho I, AES, ASCO, Trans-Amadi,
Rivers IPP, Gbarain, Olorunsogo I and II.
The total national power generation stood
at 2,604.5MW as of 6am on Friday, down
from a peak of 5,074.7MW on February 2,
according to the Ministry of Power.
The slide in power generation has
worsened the blackout being experienced
in many parts of the country, with several
consumers without electricity for hours in
recent weeks.
Generation from Egbin, the nation’s
biggest power station, stood at 181MW,
down from 1,085MW on March 15.
Shiroro Power Station in Niger State,
Olorunsogo II in Ogun State, and Rivers
and Trans-Amadi IPPs, both in Rivers
State, were idle.
Increasing gas constraints largely
occasioned by recent attacks on pipelines
in the Niger Delta had left about 4,400MW
of the nation’s power generation capacity
idle as of Friday.
Other factors limiting electricity
generation are line constraints/load
rejection by the distribution companies
and water management/maintenance,
according to industry data.
Gas constraints prevented 3,661.1MW
from being generated, while 355.6MW
and 380MW could not be generated due
to line constraints/load rejection by
Discos and water management/
maintenance, respectively.
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