Electricity Generating Companies (GenCos) comprising gas and hydro stations produced on Monday an average of 3,919 MegaWatts (MW) of electricity into the national grid, a daily energy report said.
The report, compiled by the Vice President’s Office’s Advisory Power Team, was made accessible to us in Abuja on Tuesday.
It said the energy produced by the firms was up 139.64MW from the figure supplied on Sunday.
It said 1,808MW was not produced owing to gas unavailability.
Similarly, 728MW was not produced owing to the high frequency arising from the unavailability of distribution infrastructure.
It said that 289 MW was registered as losses due to water management processes.
The review disclosed that on Monday, the energy industry lost an estimated N1.3 billion due to the factors of inadequate gas supply, distribution and transmission facilities.
On industry reform and operations, it said that gas was unavailable as the dominant restriction for Monday’s generation.
