Power generation falls to 3,390MW, seven plants idle

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The nation’s power generation dropped to 3,390.7 megawatts on Monday as seven plants, including three built under the National Integrated Power Project, sat idle.

Electricity generation has been hovering around 2,600MW and 3,800MW as of 6.00 am every day since the start of this month, according to data obtained by our correspondent. It plunged to 2,692.7MW on June 7.

The amount of electricity produced by the nation’s 27 power plants stood at 3,898.9MW as of 6.00 am on Friday, the highest level achieved so far this month at that time of the day. The nation generates most of its electricity from gas-fired power plants, while output from hydropower plants makes up about 30 per cent of the total.

Spinning reserve is the generation capacity that is online but unloaded and that can respond within 10 minutes to compensate for generation or transmission outages.

 

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So are we saying if we were to restart the country...it will take us forever to get electricity? Just to improve on what's on ground is taking till second coming of Christ!

As usual, even in this NextLevel for goodness sake!!!

This news would have been interesting it were that the $ fell against the NGN. We still believe in the Nextlevel promise of $1 will equal 1NGN. 🤔

We just have the worst minister ever in the history of Nigeria him the person of Fashola. All we need now is a serious person that can get the Job done. But weytin this Buhari administration done really achieve ?

The solution to this power problems, government should discentralize unanimously Each state should generate its power. Buhari is evil

I pray the price of all other things will fall like that of power too

All hail, the next level!!!!

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