Findings revealed that the Discos rejected electricity on each of the stated days despite the lack of power in various locations across the country. Our correspondent gathered that on January 13, 14, 15 and 16, the power firms rejected 1,265.96MW, 855.43MW, 800.52MW and 213.05MW of electricity respectively. On January 17, it was observed that of the 11 Discos operating in Nigeria, only Kaduna Disco rejected electricity load of 37.44MW, while the other 10 power distributors accepted a cumulative excess load allocation of 698.5MW. But on January 18 and 19, the 11 Discos again rejected 1,006.14MW and 1,272.51MW of electricity respectively. Also, power consumers wondered why the Discos would be rejecting electricity when millions of Nigerians lacked power in their various homes.

Source: Punch January 27, 2020 02:33 UTC