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
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