After a long spell battling with low power generation that almost crippled many businesses,  the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN,  has said the nation’s power generation has risen from 2,662 megawatts on January 22 to 3,528.90 megawatts as at February 1.

This figure was disclosed on the website of the Nigerian Electricity System Operator, a sub-agency of the TCN, in its daily forecast on power generation in Lagos on Wednesday. It said, “The slight increase in generation is due to slightly increased gas supply to some Generating Companies to boost operations. The total output of 3,528.90 megawatts from all the GENCOs on Wednesday has been transferred to the 11 distribution companies across the country.”
The Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry operational report said the power sector dropped to 2,662.20 megawatt on Jan. 22 because of low water levels and challenge of accessing gas by GENCOs. The report said the sector recorded highest system frequency of 51.50Hz and lowest system frequency of 48.80 Hz, while the highest and the lowest voltage recorded on Wednesday were 372KV and 300KV, respectively.

A reliable TCN official, who preferred anonymity, said that the gas supply to generating companies had increased slightly, thereby, boosting operations. The source said that the GENCOs inability to pay up the debts they owed the gas company also contributed to the drop in power generation on Jan. 22. “Government’s intervention helped the gas company to allocate some gas to generating companies.’’