The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that the nation’s power sector reached a new peak generation of 5,713.60 megawatts on Sunday at about 9:30 p.m.
The company’s management disclosed this in a statement on its X handle in Abuja on Tuesday.
It stated that the 5,713.60MW surpassed the previous peak generation of 5,543.20MW achieved on 14 February by 170.40MW.
“Although this new peak is lower than the all-time maximum peak generation of 5,801.60MW recorded on 1 March 2021 by 88MW, it remains a notable achievement.
“Furthermore, a new record for the maximum daily energy ever attained in the history of Nigeria’s electricity industry was set on Monday, with a total of 125,542.06 megawatt-hours (MWh).
“This surpasses the previous record of 125,159.48MWh achieved on 14 February by 382.58MWh,” TCN said.
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