Power Sector: Nigeria’s power generation improves to 91,007MWh

Nigeria generated a total of 91,007.53MWh of energy on Sunday, 17th July 2022, improving by 5% compared to 86,644.51MWh recorded in the previous day. This is according to information from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

In the same vein, power supply increased by 4.8% to 89,752.36MWh on Sunday, from 85,644.46MWh sent out on Saturday. This implies that 98.62% of the total power generated was sent out to Distribution Companies.

It is worth noting that, despite the increase, electricity generation and supply in Nigeria is still crippling below the minimum 105,000MWh of electricity required to record stable power supply in the country.

Energy generation peaked at 3,967.9MW on Sunday, while off-peak generation was stated at 3,539.1MW. The highest frequency recorded during the day was 50.44Hz while the lowest was 49Hz


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