NERC: 38% of electricity generating plants available

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday said only 38 per cent of power generating plants were available for dispatch in December 2025.

It was an indication that 62 per cent capacity of plants were not available for dispatch.

Of the 13,625 Mw Installed capacity in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) in the period under review, only an average of 5,151MW was the available capacity.

7,0474Mw of the installed capacity was not available for dispatch, according to the December 2025 Factsheet on the Operational Performance of Power Plant, The Nation obtained yesterday.

NERC noted that the average hourly per generation recorded was 4,367Mw.

The document said the top 10 largest energy producers accounted for 81 per cent of the total energy generated during the month.

The plants were Egbin 1, Delta 1, Kainji 1, Zungeru 1, Afam 2, Shiroro1, Jebba 1, Okapi 1, Ihovbor 2, and Geregu 1.

Of the the 10 plants, only Zungeru 1 generated 100 per cent of its capacity being 700Mw.

Ihovbor 2, according to NERC, produced 99 per cent being 459Mw out of 491Mw while Jebba recorded 538MW being 93 per cent of its 578MW.

The factsheet also said Kainji 1 generated 564Mw of 760Mw, which is 74 per cent of its capacity.

NERC added that Egbin produced 320Mw of 582MW while Afam 2 generated 115Mw being 18 per cent of its 650Mw capacity.

Of the 26 power plants in the grid, in the period under review, only 18 were operational.

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