Power generation capacity falls by 3,000MW

08 Jul Power generation capacity falls by 3,000MW

Power generation companies on Wednesday stated that the country’s available electricity capacity had dropped by about 3,000 megawatts.

Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies, Dr Joy Ogaji, said the available generation capacity plunged from about 9,000MW to 6,000MW, adding that not all of the current capacity was being utilised.

She explained at a conference in Abuja on Wednesday that the 25 plants operating in Nigeria had witnessed a reduction in their cumulative available generation capacity due to challenges.

She said, “The 25 plants that are currently operating have a combined installed capacity of over 13,000MW and they have an available capacity, which has dropped.

“As at last year we were almost hitting an available capacity of 9,000MW but a lot of challenges have now dropped it to, as of this morning, above 6,000MW. This is what is available, but out of that you know what is being utilised.”