Power plants utilise 81% capacity — NERC

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By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja
Power plants in Nigeria utilised 81 per cent of their available generation capacity in September 2026, producing an average 4,089 megawatts (MW) from an available capacity of 5,038MW, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said.
NERC disclosed this in its September 2026 factsheet on the operational performance of power plants, showing that 81 per cent of the capacity available to generating plants was utilised during the month.
According to the commission, the average available capacity of 5,038MW represented a 5.89 per cent increase from the previous month, while average hourly gene...