Power supply peaks at 5,075MW – TCN

Power supply has hit a new record peak of 5074.7 megawatts (MW), the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said.

Announcing the feat in a statement Wednesday, the system operator also announced the attainment of the highest maximum daily energy wheeled nationwide of 109,372 megawatts hour (MWH) on Tuesday.

The previous peak generation was 4,883.9MW achieved on November 23, 2015, while the previous highest maximum daily energy wheeled nationwide was 107,142.32MWH recorded on January 26, 2016.

The statement by the TCN’s Assistant General Manager, Public Affairs, Clement Ezeolisah, revealed that the new peak generation of 5,074.7MW was attained at 9:30pm on Tuesday.

Remarking on the achievement, the Managing Director, System Operation/Market Operation, TCN, Dipak Sarma, attributed the twin peak achievements to the enhanced cooperation among the power sector stakeholders and concerted efforts by system operators at the National Control Centre (NCC) in Osogbo, Osun State.

This development comes as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has assured that power supply will increase by an additional 2,000MW by the end of 2016.
-Leadership