The Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, has explained the cause of low power generation across the country.
Aliyu said the lowest electricity generation was 2,661.82 Megawatts (MW) because of the partial shutdown of the Oben Gas Plant to address the repair of critical gas processing equipment.
According to the Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) System Performance of 3rd June 2022, peak generation was 3,450.60Mw.
The report added that total energy generated was 3,105Mw while total energy sent out was 3,059Mw.
Meanwhile, Aliyu, in a press statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mallam Isa Sanusi said: “We wish to notify the general public that the current dip in electricity generation is a result of the partial shutdown of the Oben Gas Plant to address the repair of critical gas processing equipment.”
The incident, he said, unfortunately, occurred at a time when other power plants on other gas sources are undergoing planned maintenance and capacity testing.
