When will we learn in this country?! Coal is the answer to our electricity problems, but maybe because it will give Igbos jobs in Enugu, some people don’t want it exploited. SMH.
The national electricity grid lost 2,591 megawatts (mw) on Wednesday due to gas shortage, line constraint and low water level across 12 Generation Companies (GenCos), Daily Trust reports.
Daily power generation statistics obtained by our reporter yesterday shows that the peak (highest) generation was 3,932mw on April 5, 2017 from which 87,244 megawatts hour (mwh) energy was sent out through the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) for supply to end users.
The industry data also showed that 77 turbines were available and could have produced 6,887mw if the dominant tripartite constraints of gas, line and water level were addressed. However, only 44 worked, producing 3,486mw off peak, while 33 turbines were shutdown.
Businesses are closing down because their is no electricity to power their activities. People are beginning to loose hope in life. If not that suicide is said to be a sin, who knows how many more suicides we may have heard of?