The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that the nation’s power sector reached a new peak generation of 5,713.60 megawatts on Sunday at about 9:30 p.m.

The company’s management disclosed this in a statement on its X handle in Abuja on Tuesday.

It stated that the 5,713.60MW surpassed the previous peak generation of 5,543.20MW achieved on 14 February by 170.40MW.

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“Although this new peak is lower than the all-time maximum peak generation of 5,801.60MW recorded on 1 March 2021 by 88MW, it remains a notable achievement.

“Furthermore, a new record for the maximum daily energy ever attained in the history of Nigeria’s electricity industry was set on Monday, with a total of 125,542.06 megawatt-hours (MWh).

“This surpasses the previous record of 125,159.48MWh achieved on 14 February by 382.58MWh,” TCN said.
(NAN)