Power supply fell for the second consecutive day on Sunday, 17th April 2022, dropping by 1.53% to 86,564.47MWh compared to 87,907.18MWh recorded on Saturday. This is also the lowest daily amount of energy supplied by the TCN in six days.
This is according to data tracked by Nairalytics from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
Similarly, a total of 87,553.76MWh of energy was generated on Sunday, which is 1.58% lower than the 88,957.44MWh generated in the previous day.
Further, look at the data showed that energy generation peaked at 3,829MW on Sunday, 1.89% lower than 3,903.3MW recorded during the previous day, while off-generation also declined by 10.04% to 3,154.5MW
Power generation and supply had recovered during the week from the disruption in the national grid, which was witnessed in the previous week, causing energy generation capacity to plunge to 37,964.93 on Saturday, 9th April 2022, leading to widespread blackout.
It is worth noting that Nigeria requires at least 105,000 electricity generation in other to record a relatively stable power supply.
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