Nigeria has twenty-three (23) power-generating plants connected to the national grid with the capacity to generate 11,165.4 MW of electricity.
[3] This deficit is also exacerbated by unannounced load shedding,[4][5] partial and total system collapse and power failure.
[3] To meet demand, many households and businesses resort to purchasing generating sets to power their properties;[3] this source of energy provided 6,000 MW in 2008.
It began making preliminary plans for a transmission network to link the power-generating sites with other commercial centers.
[10] In 1962, a statutory organization, the Niger Dams Authority (NDA), was formed to build and maintain dams along River Niger and Kaduna River, NDA went on to commission a 320 MW hydropower plant at Kainji in 1969, with the power generated sold to ECN.
[14] Nigeria has twenty-three (23) power-generating plants connected to the national grid with the capacity to generate 11,165.4 MW of electricity.
[17] Besides this deficit, between 1970 and 2009, available power plants operated below optimal levels, and electricity generated was lost in transmission.
Vandalism of equipment, lack of proper maintenance of transformers, poor management, and corruption are a few of the reasons Nigeria has produced suboptimal electricity.
[19] The electric power is transmitted at high voltage (33kV) to the DisCos' primary substations in the six geopolitical zones based on the load allocation formula.
[21] DisCos are saddled with the following responsibilities; receiving energy from GenCos via TCN Plc, distributing energy to the end consumers, metering, billing of energy, revenue collection, revenue remittance to Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc for energy received, remittance of revenue to TCN Plc for services provided, receiving complaints from customers, compliance to NERC's Service Level Agreements (SLAs), customers enlightenment ('Electricity Update') through local radio stations in the thirty-six (36) states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and load demand forecast.