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According to the report, these power plants recorded zero Plant Availability Factor in the quarter.

The availability factor of a plant is measured as a ratio of the maximum rated output of the plant declared by the operator (available capacity) relative to the maximum rated output specified by the manufacturer (installed capacity).

It was said that each of the affected plants has an installed capacity of 500 megawatts but failed to generate power from April to June due to gas shortages. This means four plants of 2,000MW combined capacity could not deliver power in three months.

The NERC explained that in 2024/Q2, the average plant availability factor for all grid-connected plants was 32.30 per cent which shows that more than 67 per cent of the installed capacity in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry was unavailable.

“Overall, only four plants had availability factors above 50 per cent with the Azura IPP plant recording the highest availability factor – 98.05 per cent,” the report stated.

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