The development, which industry operators attributed to the general elections, became noticeable on March 31, 2015.
Power generation for the past six months has been poor due to frequent vandalism of oil pipelines and destruction of vital infrastructure supplying gas to electricity generation plants.
But as of March 31, figures obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power showed that the country’s peak generation was 4,011.4MW, while energy generation was put at 3,540.42MW and the energy sent out was 3,465.36MW.
Peak generation consists of the quantum of electricity held as spinning reserves and the amount of energy sent out to electricity distribution firms. The country normally holds some quantum of electricity as spinning reserves in case of an emergency.
Peak demand and highest peak generated power were 12,800MW and 4,517MW, respectively as of March 31, 2015.
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said last month that the country lost about 800MW of electricity as a result of the blasting of the Escravos-Lagos Gas Pipeline in the midnight of March 11, 2015.
According to the minister, the damage was done by vandals, who ruptured the ELGP with an explosive device at Egwa, near Batan, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State.
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Media, Mrs. Kande Daniel, the minister said the attack was the fourth this year, adding that it came only hours after the repairs on an earlier attacked pipeline were completed.
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