Checkout Magazine has learnt that the national peak demand forecast of 19,798 megawatts (MW) by the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) is 15,611MW below actual supply.
On January 13, 2022, electricity customers, got 4,187MW of electricity, showing a wide gap between the power supply level and the national peak demand forecast.
The NESI has a grid generation installed capacity of 13,014.14MW and 7,652MW generation capacity.
It also has 8,100MW transmission wheeling capacity.
The all-time peak generation NESI ever attained was 5,801.6MW.
These are contained in a document, titled: “Operational Report of January 14, 2022,” that our correspondent obtained at the weekend in Abuja.
The document, which originated from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), showed that on January 13, 2022, 102097.22MWH was generated and 100493.67MWH distributed.
The TCN General Manager for Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mba, explained why there was still a huge gap between energy demand and energy supply.
She said it was too early in the year to incur the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) wrath with a response to the question.
She said: “It is too early in the year to start a fight with the DisCos. I cannot comment on your question. You can find the answer on our website, Twitter and Instagram handles.”
The last report on the website was the “daily DisCos Load Summary from June 7 to 13, 2021”.
