Power Supply Lags Behind Target By 7,454MW



The Federal Government's Economic and Recovery Growth Plan, ERGP, set for realisation between 2017 and 2020 appears to have been scuttled by a drop in power supply from 4,000 megawatts to 2, 546 mw.

This is a deficit of 7,454mw from the envisaged 10,000mw target set for the economic recovery plan.

Data obtained by Vanguard from the daily briefing on the Nigeria Power sector, Advisory Power Team, Office of the Vice President, stated: "On November 9, 2019, average energy sent out was 2,546 MWH/hour (down by 1,262.47 MWH/Hour from the previous day). 1,356 MW was not generated due to unavailability of gas.

"1,12.5 MW was not generated due to unavailability of transmission infrastructure, while 2,842.6 MW was not generated due to high frequency resulting from unavailability of distribution infrastructure.

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