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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday said that grid-connected power plants recorded an average hourly generation of 4,102 megawatt-hours (MWh) in February.
NERC disclosed this in its latest Operational Performance Fact Sheet, released in Abuja on Friday and published on its website.
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According to the fact sheet, although the country has a total installed generation capacity of 13,625 megawatts (MW), only 4,384MW was available for dispatch on average during the period.
It said that this represented a Plant Availability Factor (PAF) of 32 per cent for the month.
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The commission also noted that the available capacity was largely utilised, as the plants recorded an average load factor of 93 per cent.
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It stated that the position indicated that most of the available generation capacity was dispatched to the national grid.
“The grid-connected plants recorded a PAF of 32 per cent.
“At any point during the month, an average of 4,384MW was available for dispatch onto the grid,” it said.
(NAN)
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