Nigeria’s total available electricity generation rose to 5,403.3 megawatts on Tuesday, coming within about 399MW of the country’s all-time generation peak of 5,801.84MW recorded in March 2025.
The latest figure was contained in the Daily Load Allocation Table released by the National Control Centre of the Transmission Company of Nigeria for September 22, 2026. The table showed that 4,379.07MW of the available generation was allocated for delivery to electricity distribution companies across the country.
The development comes as the Federal Government continues efforts to increase generation and improve the transmission network, with the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, saying the sector had recorded generation and transmission levels above 5,000MW in recent weeks.
The 5,403.3MW available generation recorded on Tuesday represents about 93 per cent of the 5,801.84MW all-time peak generation milestone listed by the Nigerian grid operator.
According to the electricity grid milestones data from the system operator, the 5,801.84MW peak was attained at 9:15 pm on March 4, 2025. The milestone remains the highest instantaneous generation level recorded on the Nigerian electricity grid.
The latest generation figure also exceeds the 5,330MW generation peak disclosed by Tegbe as having been recorded during August and September 2026. The minister had said operational reports showed that generation and transmission had risen above 5,000MW in the weeks preceding his 100-day media briefing, compared with a generation range of between 3,700MW and 4,700MW before June.
However, the 5,403.3MW figure represents available generation in the load allocation schedule and should not be treated as the same measurement as the all-time instantaneous peak of 5,801.84MW.
The National Control Centre allocated 4,379.07MW to the DisCos, while 1,024.18MW was classified under exempted loads and other system requirements.
Of the allocation to the distribution companies, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company received the highest allocation at 700MW, representing 15.20 per cent under the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission percentage allocation.
Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company followed with 581MW, representing 15.01 per cent, while Ibadan DisCo received 550MW, equivalent to 11.93 per cent. Benin DisCo was allocated 531MW, with an 8.04 per cent NERC percentage.
Other allocations included 519MW for Eko DisCo, 512MW for Enugu DisCo, 466MW for Port Harcourt DisCo, 161MW for Kano DisCo, 155MW for Kaduna DisCo, 134MW for Jos DisCo and 70MW for Yola DisCo.
