The Independent System Operator of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that power generation as at 6:00am rose marginally from 2,670 mega watts (mw) Monday to 2,982mw on Tuesday.
According to the Daily Operational report on the website of the S.O, the peak generation was 4,656.6mw on Monday, while the 2,670mw was the lowest power generation.
The report noted that 86,687mw/h (3,611mw) was the energy recorded on Monday. On frequency, the report said that the highest frequency was 50.74Hz, while the lowest system frequency recorded was 49.98Hz.
The highest voltage recorded was 350kv while the lowest voltage recorded was 300kv.
It was however learnt that the decline in power generation was due to the picketing of Egbin Generation Company by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE).
The union’s General Secretary, Comrade Joe Ajaero confirmed the exercise.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) General Manager Media, Mrs. Vivian Mbonu, who however, told The Nation to allow her time to find out the cause of the dip in power generation, never responded.
With a second call to request for her response, she told our correspondent that “I have sent the question to our commissioner.”
The spokesperson of the Association of Power Generation Companies, Barrister Joy Ogaji, failed to respond to inquiries.
Only a fortnight ago, the Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors (ANED), issued a statement to disproved the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola that the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) has a supply capacity of 7,000mw.
Speaking at the monthly power sector stakeholders meeting in Minna, Niger State, the minister attributed the rise in power production from 4,000mw to 7,000mw to the N701billion Payment Assurance Guarantee intervention for the Generation Companies (GenCos).