Power Generation Crashes to 97megawatts As Grid Records 161 Collapses

According to a daily report on power sector operation obtained from the Nigeria System Operator, NSO, on Monday, March 11, the grid which earlier peaked at 3,515mw was reduced to 97.7mw.

It further showed that it only began recovery at 06:00 hours on Sunday after it ramped up generation to 2,515mw. Over 1,000mw was already lost to constraints experienced the previous day.

Officials of some electricity Distribution companies, Discos, yesterday that the situation was critically affecting their operations as they continued to load-shed the little power allocated to them.

A Disco official said: “This will affect the payment of bills at month end because our customers will say there was little or no supply.”

In similar development, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, yesterday appealed to its customers for understanding, stating that the drop in electricity supply was due to the reduction in the energy allocated to it by the NSO, its spokesman, Ahmed Shekarau, said.

Spokesman for the Kano Disco, Mohammed Kandi, said the collapse of Saturday critically affected the Disco’s allocation.

“All through Saturday, we received 30mw and throughout the week earlier, our allocation did not go beyond 90mw.”