Power wheeling capacity to 11 electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, in the nation, on July 29, dipped to 2,796megawatts due to insufficient gas supply to thermal power plants due to vandalism of gas pipelines.
The Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, made this known on its website on Monday,August 1, stating that lack of gas supply resulted in no generating or shut-in of 4,595Mw. The NESI stated that the nation lost about N2,269,000,000 on that day due to the inability to put 4,595Mw into operation.
NESI’s daily summary on the day under review, said: “On July 29, 2016, average power sent out was 2,796Mw, which reflected an increase of 93Mw when compared to the previous day.”
“The reported gas constraint was 4595MW. The reported line constraint was 133MW. The water management constraint was 0Mw. The power sector lost an estimated equivalent of N2,269,000,000 on July 29 2016 due to constraints.”
However, NESI said there was no water management constraint as the cause of the power thermal plants. With the huge drop in output from the thermal plants, production from the hydro plants accounted for a chunk of the daily power supply.
