Nigeria’s power generation dipped to 991MW Wednesday night with only six out of 24 power plants operating in Nigeria, Blueprint has learnt.
The decline in generation, which was recorded at 20:15hours of the day occurred after the 15 plants produced 3,590 at 20:00 hours of the same day.
The six power plants in operation were; Dadinkowa G.S (Hydro), Geregu (Gas), Jebba (Hydro), Omoku (Gas), Sapele (Steam), and Shiroro (Hydro).
A document obtained on Wednesday night from the Independent System Operator (SO) titled: “List of GenCos and their MW Load @ 20:15hrs on 18/01/2023″, shows that Dadinkowa G.S (Hydro) generated 30.30MW; Geregu, 137MW; Jebba, 368MW; Omoku, 39.10MW; Sapele, 116.60MW, and Shiroro, which produced 300MW.
However, Blueprint Power Correspondent reports that the grid started off on Wednesday with 3,738MW generated at 6:00hours, but the generation dipped to 3,719MW at 14:00hrs on the same day.
At 15:00hrs, the generation increased to 3,734MW, and maintained the increase to 3,899.70MW at 17:00hrs. This tempo was sustained and increased to 3,928MW at 18:00hrs.
However, the grid experienced a drip at 20:00hrs with 15 power plants generating 3,590MW, which accounts for a 330.90MW shortfall recorded at the said hour.
But the marginal decline was recorded at 20:15hrs when the power generation dipped to 991MW.
An analysis of the development shows that a total of nine power plants did not generate power at the said hours, while the shortfall of generated power between 20:00hrs and 20:15 hrs stands at 2599MW .
