Nigeria has recorded significant milestones in its electricity sector in the past few days with the national grid reaching a peak power generation of 5,801.84 megawatts (MW) and a maximum daily energy generation of 128,370.75 megawatt-hours (MWh). These two peaks are the highest ever attained in Nigeria’s history.
In a statement released by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday, it revealed that the historic peaks were achieved on March 4, 2025, at 21:15 hours, with a stable frequency of 49.69Hz.
According to TCN, the generated power was efficiently transmitted and optimally utilized by the country’s Distribution Companies (DisCos), ensuring improved supply to end users during peak hours. It added that this new achievement follows a series of incremental improvements in the power sector.
Few days earlier, precisely on March 2, 2025 Nigeria recorded a peak generation of 5,713.60MW and a daily energy supply of 125,542.06MWh, which was the highest in four years.
The steady rise in power generation and transmission is a sign of increasing stability of the national grid, which has seen a lot of investments and upgrade of equipment both the transmission and distribution levels.
The TCN in their statement affirmed this when it said, “this achievement underscores the continued progress being made in the power sector, demonstrating the commitment of the present administration and the generation, transmission, and distribution companies to advancing the nation’s power sector.”
Reacting to the historic milestones in power generation and transmission, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has expressed delight over the achievement and stated that the milestones are the result of concerted efforts by the Federal Government in collaboration with key stakeholders in the sector, to address longstanding challenges and optimize the nation’s power infrastructure.
The federal government is currently carrying out phased improvements in Nigeria’s electricity infrastructure especially in the transmission and distribution substations. The pilot phase of the Siemens power deal has been completed with the federal government and the German company set to proceed to phase 1 of the project.