The poor supply of electricity being
witnessed across the country currently is as a result of a significant
drop in power generation from a peak of 4,517 megawatts attained on
December 21, 2012 to 3,443MW on Tuesday April 9th.
The drop in power generation, according to the Ministry of Power, was as a result of
low gas supply to thermal power plants.
The power generation report provided by
the Ministry of Power revealed that peak generation as of Saturday was
2,987.6 MW, while the peak demand forecast was 10,200MW. Energy
generation was put at 68,953.24 megawatts hours, while the actual energy
sent out was 67,360.24MWH.
This is considered by power industry
analysts as a huge break from the highest peak generation of 4,517 MW on
December 21, 2012 and 98,580MWH energy on December 19, 2012, one of the
highest ever sent out in the country. (Punch)
When Barth Nnaji was power minster, there was significant improvement...now the power situation is unbearable...
