Power: Supply Worsens As Generation Drops To 2,915mw - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 19, 2019
The nation’s electricity generationhas dropped below 3,000 megawatts.
The power stations were forced toshut down some units or reduce their generation as a result of low load demandby distribution companies, worsening the blackout being experienced bycustomers across the country.
The Nigerian Electricity SystemOperator Data showed that a total power generation dropped to 2,915.6megawatts on Friday from 3,590 megawatts on Thursday.
A report from the system operatorshowed that a total of 2,401.9 megawatts generation capacity was idle onWednesday as a result of low load demand by Discos while 115 megawatts wasunutilised because of line constraints.
Nine power plants, including fivebuilt under the National Integrated Power Project, did not generate anymegawatt of electricity on Wednesday.