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January 10, 2020
The total electricity generated on the national grid sincethe beginning of 2020 reached a peak of 4,898.2 megawatts on Wednesday.
Findings from the Federal Ministry of Power showed that thegrid had opened the year 2020 with a peak power generation offour-thousand-six-hundred-and-seventy-eight-point-eight megawatts, while thelowest quantum of energy generated on the same day was put atthree-thousand-three-hundred-and-ninety-nine-point-three megawatts.
This came as the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCNenergised a new 100 Mega-Volt Ampere, 132/33 kilovolt power transformerinstalled in Ogba Transmission Substation, Lagos State.
Further analysis of the eight-day power generation reportsince 2020 began showed that the lowest quantum of electricity generated duringthe period was 2,461.1 megawatts. This figure was recorded on January 3rd,while the peak power generation on the same day was 4,406.8 megawatts.
The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah,stated that prior to the installation of the 100MVA transformer, the Ogba substationhad a total of two units of 60MVA 132/33kV transformers and one unit of 45MVA132/33kV mobile power transformer.