Nigerian Power supply drops for third consecutive day — Report

Report from Nairalytics has indicated that Nigeria’s power supply dropped for the third consecutive day on Monday, 18th April 2022, starting the week with a total supply of 83,723.87MWh, representing a 3.28per cent decline compared to 86,564.47MWh sent out on Sunday.

According to data tracked by Nairalytics from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the drop represents the lowest power supply since 10th April 2022, while the grid was still recovering from the disruption.

The total energy generated also dipped to 84,764.67MWh on Monday, which is 3.19per cent lower than the 87,553.76MWh recorded in the previous day.

A further look at the data showed that energy generation rose to 4,066MW on Monday, 6.17per cent higher than the 3,829.7MW recorded during the previous day, while off-generation also declined by 7.22per cent to 2,926.8MW

Power generation and supply had recovered in the previous week from the disruption in the national grid, causing energy generation capacity to plunge to 37,964.93 on Saturday, 9th April 2022, leading to widespread blackout.

Recall that Nigeria requires at least 105,000 electricity generation in order to record a relatively stable power supply

Also, the highest frequency for the day was 50.86Hz, while the lowest frequency was 48.99Hz. Meanwhile, 98.87per cent of the total energy generated on Monday was sent, slightly lower than 98.87per cent sent out in the previous day.

Meanwhile, in order to boost electricity supply nationwide, the Federal Executive Council approved a sum of N1.4 billion for the supply of equipment for the Transmission Company of Nigeria.