Many parts of Nigeria have continued to experience load shedding on Tuesday, Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have confirmed.
Ikeja Electric, in a public notice titled, “Power supply constraints due to reduced grid allocation,’ stated that the reduced hours of electricity supply were due to a shortfall in the amount of power currently allocated to its network from the national grid.
It said: “We understand the inconvenience this may cause and sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding.
“Please be assured that we are actively engaging the relevant stakeholders to improve the available power supply and will continue to distribute the power received from the grid as efficiently and equitably as possible.
Prestige customers in the Magodo area of Lagos state also were notified of the load shedding
It said: “The outage you are currently experiencing is due to TCN (Transmission Company of Nigeria) load shedding affecting the feeder supplying its vicinity.
“The grid has been unstable, hence the poor supply; as the grid supply improves, TCN load shedding will stop, and the supply will be stable.”
On Monday, about 16 power plants recorded zero generation.
Such power plants as Olorunsogo NIPP, Alaoji NIPP, Egbim, Geregu NIPP, Jebba, Kainji, Okpai, Rivers IPP, Trans Afam Power, Afam III Fast, Delta, GPAL, Ihovbor, MEPP and TAOPEX were affected.
The dashboard of the Nigeria Independent System Operator (NISO) showed that total real-time electricity generation had fallen to 2,033.66MW as at 3pm on Monday, with only 13 generating plants reporting output, as against 5,403MW available on September 24, which is a drop of more than 3,300MW, or about 62 per cent, in less than two weeks.
