Nigeria generates 8.693m MWh of Electricity in Q3, 2021
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says a total of 8.693 million Megawatts per hour (MWh) of electricity was generated in the third quarter of 2021.
NERC made this known in its Third Quarter Report for 2021 published on its website.
NERC said, “the total quarterly generation in 2021/Q3 was 8.6million MWh.
“This is a decrease of 211,903.73MWh (-2.38 per cent) compared to the total generation of 8,905,673.76MWh in 2021/Q2.”
The Commission added that the total generation of Shiroro plant increased by 113,216MWh (+107.58 percent) during the period under review.
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However, those of Egbin, Okpai and Geregu gas plant declined by 149,379.43MWh (-28.15 percent), 146,275MWh (52.54 percent) and 93,808.82MWh (-38.06 percent) respectively compared to 2021/Q2.
NERC attributed the decline in operational performance in 2021/Q3 to the unavailability of some generating units due to faults such as oil leakage, high thrust bearing temperature and high rotor vibration among others.
In addition, NERC said maintenance and shortage of gas supply also contributed to the decline in performance.
“To improve this performance, the commission continued consultations with relevant stakeholders to develop lasting solutions to gas supply and other challenges that continue to impede capacity utilisation and ultimately electricity generation in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry.
“The commission is also working with the System Operator (SO) towards the creation of spinning reserves to improve the grid’s overall frequency stability,” it added.
Hauwa Abu
