Power generation rose to a high of 3,624.34 megawatts on Thursday following the restoration of the national grid by engineers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria after the grid collapsed the preceding day.
It was also gathered that the Federal Government had to intervene in tackling gas supply to generation companies after suppliers of the product reportedly halted gas supply to Gencos due to a debt of about N2.7tn.
The PUNCH reported on Thursday that wholesale gas-producing companies had abruptly stopped the supply of natural gas to power generation companies for electricity production over the non-payment of debts accrued from previous supplies.
It was also reported that Nigerians were plunged into darkness on Wednesday following another collapse of the national power grid. Wednesday’s collapse was the 12th time the grid would collapse in the year.
The grid went off at about 1:36 pm on Wednesday. It was observed that power generation was 0.00 megawatts as of 2 pm on Wednesday.
However, on Thursday, data obtained from TCN indicated that the grid had been restored, as power generation rose to 2,412.89MW around 1 am.
