Power generation in the country dropped by 32.31% to 2,775 megawatts from 4,099.87 megawatts recorded last week.
This was contained in the data released by the Nigeria Electricity System Operator, NESO, a semi- autonomous unit of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.
There has been no improvement in the power value chain despite the recent review of Band A power consumers billing as there is inadequate supply of gas to the thermal stations worsened by the poor state of transmission lines as generation averages 4200 megawatts since this year.
Information supplied by the Independent System Operator, ISO, showed that as at 6pm on Thursday load allocation to the eleven DisCos which stood at 2,775megawatts gave Abuja Disco the highest allocation at 428MW, followed by Ikeja Electric at 422MW, Eko Disco at 359MW, Ibadan Disco at 335MW, Benin Disco at 227MW and Enugu Disco at 200MW.
The distribution companies with the lowest allocation were Yola Disco at 79MW, Jos Disco at 158MW, Kaduna Disco at 181MW, Kano Disco at 188MW and Port Harcourt Disco at 198MW.
This showed that generation was inadequate for transmission and distribution to households and organizations in different parts of the nation, a development that pushed the Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs to embark on load shedding in order to spread the limited electricity to many at different times.