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Power generation drops by 0.87% to 3844MW

Power generation has dropped to 3844 megawatts (MW) on Monday from 3878MW released on Sunday representing 0.87 per cent reduction.

According to a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, office of the Vice President a copy of which was obtained by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, the report said the electricity sent out by the gencos was down by 34.54 megawatts from the 3,878 released on Sunday.

It, however, said 2965.5 megawatts could not be generated due to unavailability of gas.

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The report noted that 60 megawatts were not generated due to the unavailability of transmission infrastructure during the period.

Similarly, it said 506 megawatts were not generated due to high frequency resulting from the unavailability of distribution infrastructure.

The report said zero (0) megawatts were recorded as losses due to water management procedures.

The report revealed that the power sector lost an estimated N1.695 on Monday due to insufficient gas supply, distribution and transmission infrastructure.

On sector reform/activities, it said the dominant constraint for Monday was high frequency resulting from the unavailability of gas.

The report said the peak generation attained on Sunday was 4,394.5 megawatts.

Adeoye Faith

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