The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that the country’s power generation reached 5,713.60 megawatts on Tuesday, marking the highest level in the past four years.
In a statement on Tuesday, the TCN announced that the power sector had achieved a new peak generation for the year 2025 that was successfully transmitted.
It stated that the feat was recorded on Tuesday, surpassing the 5.543 MW recorded on February 14.
“This was recorded on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 21:30 hours, with the new generation peak of 5,713.60 megawatts (MW), surpassing the previous peak generation of 5,543.20 MW achieved on February 14, 2025, by 170.40 MW,” the TCN stated.
It clarified that though this new peak is 88 MW lower than the all-time maximum peak generation of 5,801.60 MW recorded on March 1, 2021, it remains a notable achievement.
It added that the maximum daily energy also rose to 125,542.06 megawatt-hours, up from 125,159.48 MWh achieved last month.
“Furthermore, a new record for the maximum daily energy ever attained in the history of the electricity industry in Nigeria was also set yesterday with a total of 125,542.06 megawatt-hours (MWh). This surpasses the previous record of 125,159.48 MWh achieved on February 14, 2025, by 382.58 MWh,” the statement added.
The PUNCH reports that the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, promised Nigerians that power generation would rise to 6,000 MW by December 2024.
However, this could not be achieved due to vandalism, grid collapses, and poor power infrastructure.
At the moment, over 50 percent of Nigerians lack access to electricity.
