The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that the country’s power sector achieved a new peak generation of 5,713.6 megawatts (MW) on March 2, 2025, successfully transmitted across the national grid.
The TCN said in a statement that this new peak surpasses the previous peak generation of 5,543.20MW recorded on February 14, 2025, by 170MW.
Despite the increase, the new peak remains 88MW lower than Nigeria’s all-time maximum peak generation of 5,801.60MW, achieved on March 1, 2021.
“This was recorded on Tuesday, March 2, 2025 at 21:30 hours, with the new generation peak of 5,713.6 megawatts (MW), surpassing the previous peak generation of 5,543.20MW achieved on February 14, 2025, by 170MW,” the statement read.
Nigeria’s electricity industry also recorded its highest-ever daily energy transmission, reaching 125,542.06 megawatt-hours (MWh) on March 2, 2025, surpassing the previous record of 125,159.48MWh, set on February 14, 2025, by 382.58MWh.
Continuing, the TCN said: “Furthermore, a new record for the new daily energy ever attained in the history of the electricity industry in Nigeria was also set yesterday, with a total of 125,542.06 megawatts-hours (MWh). This surpasses the previous record of 125,159.48 (MWh) achieved on February 14, 2025, by 382.58MWh.”
Last month, the TCN announced a new peak generation of 5,543.20 megawatts (MW).
The General Manager of TCN, Ndidi Mbah said the new record surpassed the previous peak of 5,478.73MW.
Mbah further explained that the new Maximum Daily Energy of 125,159.48 megawatt-hours (MWH) is the highest ever recorded in the nation’s electricity industry, exceeding the previous record of 121,674.88MWH on February 7, 2025, by 3,484.60MWH.
She confirmed that TCN has successfully transmitted the new peak generation and maximum daily energy to the distribution companies’ load centres nationwide for onward distribution to customers.
