PEAK DEMAND FORECAST (CONNECTED + SUPPRESSED LOAD)= 19,798.00MW @ 0100HRS 

HIGHEST GENERATION=4,591.50MW@ 0100HRS

LOWEST GENERATION=3,927.59MW @ 2300HRS 

NEWS IN BRIEF: 1. 2355Hrs, 12/11/2024, Armed Men Attacked Ongoing 330/132/33kV Obajana Transmission Substation in Kogi state and Damaged Transformer Cooling Fins.

2. 1150Hrs, 14/11/2024, 330kV Ugwuaji/Apir Line 2 Successfully Restored after Repair. This will Improve Power Supply to the North East and North West. 

Source: NCC

Remark: Energy gap between peak demand forecast and highest generation is a pointer to the huge INVESTMENT opportunities in the power sector in Nigeria.

N.B.: This comparative data is very conservative when the energy situation in Nigeria (14,000MW installed generation capacity) is juxtaposed with nations like Brazil (181,532MW installed generation capacity) that has similar demographic characteristics.

It was observed that Brazil uses multiple generation mix like hydro, coal, solar, biomass, nuclear, gas, wind etc. Nigeria with her abundant resources for power generation is encouraged to tap into this approach for improvement of the power sector. Also, most of the existing Thermal Stations should consider modifying their Simple-Cycle Operations into Combined-Cycle Operations for enhanced Power Generation.