Nigeria’s power generation has increased to 5,313 megawatts on Monday, the Federal Ministry of Power has declared, the first time in three years.
It declared this in a statement issued by Bolaji Tunji, the media aide to the power minister, adding that electricity distributors should ensure the distribution of the generated energy.
“The national grid on Monday hit a record high of 5,313MW, a record high in the last three years,” the statement disclosed.
Reacting to this, Adebayo Adelabu, the minister of Power, called on power distribution companies to take more energy to prevent grid collapse as the grid’s frequency drops when power is produced and not picked by the Discos.
He added that efforts would be made to encourage industries to purchase bulk energy.
However, a top official of one of the Discos was quoted as saying that the power companies were finding it difficult to pick the extra energy produced by generation companies because they were not happy with the tariff on other bands apart from Band A.
“As it is now, we are operating at a loss. Yes, they supply more power but this problem could be solved with improved tariff for the other bands and more meter penetration to recover the cost,” the Disco official, who pleaded not to be named due to lack of authorisation to speak on the matter, said.
On Saturday, the ministry said power generation that peaked at 5,170MW was ramped down by 1,400MW due to Discos’ energy rejection.
