TCN wheels out 4,362mw of electricity to 11 DISCOs
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) weekend wheeled out about 4,362 megawatts of generated electricity to the 11 distribution companies as the country’s power supply stabilises.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the power generation data was obtained from daily forecast on the Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) website.
The website shows that the country’s power generation also recorded lowest peak at 3,605 megawatts.
According to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) operational report for Oct. 14, the power sector hit a peak generation of 4,362 megawatts as against 3,536. 4 megawatts recorded in Oct. 5.
NESI said the sector recorded highest system frequency of 51.60Hz; lowest system frequency of 48.48 Hz; highest voltage recorded was 372KV, while lowest voltage recorded on the same day was 300KV.
It will be recalled that the TCN had on Sept. 8 sent 3, 810 megawatts to the distribution companies.
The lowest energy generation on that day was 2,520 megawatts while highest generation was 3,502 megawatts.
NAN reports that the nation’s electricity generation has been relatively stable in the last two months, while generation has increased above 3,000 megawatts.