BEVERLY HILLS, SEPTEMBER 13, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Electricity System Operator (SO) on Tuesday revealed that the power generated by the nation at 06.00 hours was 3,277 Mega Watts (MW).
According to its power performance for Monday production, the peak generation for the day under consideration was 3,886.50MW while lowest power generation was 3,009MW.
It added that the total energy supplied to the 11 distribution companies (DisCos) on Monday by the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) was 3,402MW while 3,422MW was supplied on Sunday to the 11 DisCos.
According to the daily summary of the sector’s performance that NESI posted on its website on Monday, gas shortage caused a loss of 3144MW adding that there was 121MW frequency constraint and 482MW line constraint, although there was no water management constraint.
It declared that the estimated cost of the constraint was an equivalent of N1, 799, 000, 000.
“On September 11 2016, average power sent out was 3422MWh/hour (up by 158MWh/h),” NESI stated.
“The reported gas constraint was 3144MW. The reported line constraint was 482MW according to TCN.
“The reported high frequency constraint is 121 MW. The water management constraint was 0MW.”
“The power sector lost the estimated equivalent of N1, 799, 000, 000 on September 11 2016 due to constraints.”
Story by David Oputah
