Power outages persist as Nigeria’s grid taps just 32% of 13,625 MW installed capacity

TCN transmission lines in Abuja

Nigeria's chronically beleaguered electricity grid generated just 4,102 megawatt-hours per hour in February 2026, barely a third of the country's 13,625 MW installed generation base, according to the latest operational performance factsheet published by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission

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