The electricity grid continued its fluctuation as it dropped to 3,656 megawatts (mw) yesterday after it attained 4,345mw on Wednesday, a report has shown.
The daily industry statistics on electricity generation and transmission from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) shows that a difference of 689mw was lost to the drop in generation.
Although the peak generation reached over 4,300mw on July 19, 2017, it dropped the same day to 1,191mw. The data further proved that the peak generation attained did not last much that day as 79,106 megawatt hour (mwh) was sent out for distribution to electricity customers.
It also showed slight fluctuation in the transmission frequency to a point of 50.80 Hertz (Hz) which could result in partial or total system collapse and capable of throwing the entire country or a section into darkness for hours.
TCN had repeatedly said that the transmission system can only be sustained when generation output is above 3,500mw. It had also noted that any frequency greater than 50Hz may cause a frequency issue in the electricity network. (Daily Trust)
