The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that the nation's power sector has achieved 5,713.60MW, a new peak for the year 2025, which was successfully transmitted.

TCN said the achievement was recorded on Tuesday, March 2, 2025, at 21:30 hours.

It said the new generation peak of 5,713.60MW surpasses the previous peak generation of 5,543.20MW achieved on February 14, 2025, by 170.40 MW.

According to TCN, although this new peak is lower than the all-time maximum peak generation of 5,801.60MW recorded on March 1, 2021, by 88MW, it remains a notable achievement.

"Furthermore, a new record for the maximum daily energy ever attained in the history of the electricity industry in Nigeria was also set yesterday, with a total of 125,542.06 megawatt-hours (MWh).

"This surpasses the previous record of 125,159.48MWh achieved on February 14, 2025, by 382.58 MWh.Signed Management," TCN said.

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