An
analysis of the statistics, which was obtained by Punch correspondent in Abuja
on Monday, showed that the country’s power generation crashed from 3,667.5
megawatts on January 1, 2018, to 5.0MW on January 2, which was the first system
collapse in the year.
The
second grid collapse occurred on January 3, as power generation on that day was
51MW. This moved up to 2,660.1MW the following day.
But
on January 5, the grid collapsed for the third time to 107MW.
Three
other grid collapses were recorded on January 6, 7 and 8, as the country’s
power generation dropped to 173MW, 164.2MW and 72MW, respectively.
Findings
showed that peak power generation during the eight-day period hovered between
3,707.2MW and 4,982.7MW, but these figures were not sustained as the grid kept
collapsing.
It
was observed that 2,596.2MW of electricity was generated on January 27, which
was the most recent power generation figure released by the NESO on Monday
afternoon.
The
poor power generation on January 27 was due to gas constraint, which prevented
the production of over 2,321.8MW of electricity.
Explaining
the reasons for the grid collapses, the Chief Executive Officer, TCN, Usman
Mohammed, at a recent event in Abuja, stated that there was a need for adequate
investment in order to stabilise the grid.
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