The Federal Government recorded a decrease of 30,281.04 megawatts in power generation in February 2019, as the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, transmitted 98,876.66mw in February 2019 as against 127,157.7mw recorded in January 2019.
The daily statistics of TCN operations from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator, SO, a section of the TCN, indicated that the 98,876.66 mw was generated between February 1 and February 28, 2019.
This translates to a decrease of 30,281,04mw as against 127,157.7mw generated between January 1 and January 31.
The statistics indicated that power generation transmitted dropped by 30,281.04 mw between January 2019 and February 2019.
The daily power generated between February 1 and February 15, 2019 stood at: 4,244.1mw, 4,222mw, 4,223.1mw, 4,100.9mw, 4,408.9mw, 4,315.1mw, 4,115mw, 4,266.8mw, 4,546.6mw, 4,592,7mw, and 4,340.2mw respectively.
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The data also showed that the daily power generated from Feb. 16 to Feb. 28, 2019 were 4,431.26mw, 4,178mw, 4,430.4mw, 4,564.6mw, 4,470.1mw, 4,598.7mw, 4,098.8mw, 3,654mw, 3,534.5mw, 3,456.2mw, 4,016.3mw and 4,068.4mw respectively.
Reasons for the shortfall were not given.
However, investigation revealed that there was no generation of power on February 3, February 8, February 10, February 12 and February 23.
An official of the TCN, who preferred not to be mentioned attributed the non generation of power to “system collapse.”
Also, the month of February consists of 28 days, while January is 31 days, which might have also contributed to the drop in power generation and transmission.