BEVERLY HILLS, February 15, (THEWILL) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has revealed that the nation’s power generation rose from 3,528 megawatts (MW) to 4,043 megawatts between February 1 and February 15.
TCN said that the 515MW increase in generation as of February 15 was due to slight increase in gas supply to some power generating companies (GENCOs).
“The total output of 4,043 megawatts from all the GENCOs on Wednesday has been transferred to the 11 distribution companies across the country,” read a statement on the company’s website.
An official of Egbin Power Station in Lagos, said gas supply to the station had increased slightly in the last seven days revealing that the station, which has capacity to generate 1,320MW, now generates 420 megawatts as against former generation of 160 megawatts.
The official however called for more gas supply to the station to enable it to power all its five turbines.
“The 420MW generated by the station has been linked to the national grid by 5.35 am on Wednesday,” the source said.
The Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) had announced drop in the power supply on January 22 to 2,662.20 MW due to low water levels and the challenge of accessing gas by GENCOs.
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