National grid loses 4,091 MWh/h in September

 By Ediri Ejoh 

Despite huge eesources sucked in the powerfulness assemblage implicit the years, Nigeria’s nationalist grid recorded a nonaccomplishment of 4,091 MWh/h owed to its under- capableness to instrumentality much from the Generating Companies (GenCos).

This was revealed successful the September 2025 Operational Performance Factsheet released by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, yesterday.

According to the report, “Plant Availability Factor (PAF) stood astatine 38 percent — an mean of 5,200 MW was disposable for dispatch retired of 13,625 MW installed capacity. Average Load Factor, however, stood astatine 78 percent — indicating that 4,091 MWh/h of disposable procreation capableness was utilised.

“Top Energy Producers included, Zungeru, Egbin, Kainji, and Jebba plants led procreation performance, contributing importantly to full vigor output.”

Meanwhile, to facilitate continuity of dependable procreation to provender the country, the Federal Government has taken a large measurement toward restoring fiscal stableness and capitalist assurance successful the energy marketplace with the finalisation of the implementation model for the Presidential Power Sector Debt Reduction Plan.

Approved by President Tinubu and endorsed by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) successful August 2025, the program authorizes the issuance of N4 trillion successful government-backed bonds to settee verified arrears owed to procreation companies and state suppliers.

“This intervention, addresses a bequest indebtedness overhang that has constrained investment, weakened inferior equilibrium sheets, and hindered reliable powerfulness transportation crossed the country.

“For the archetypal clip successful years, we are seeing a credible and systematic effort by authorities to tackle the basal liquidity challenges successful the powerfulness sector. We commend President Tinubu and his economical squad for this bold and transformative step,” said Mr. Tony Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Transcorp Power.

Commenting, Mrs. Olu Verheijen, Special Adviser to the President connected Energy, said “Our absorption is connected creating the close conditions for investment, from modernizing the grid and improving organisation to scaling embedded generation. By closing metering gaps, aligning tariffs with businesslike costs, improving subsidy targeting to enactment the mediocre and vulnerable, and restoring regulatory trust, we are shifting from situation effect to sustained transportation and gathering the assurance needed to pull large-scale backstage capital.” 

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