Q2 2018: Lagos, Ibadan led in energy consumption as consumers with prepaid meters increased in two cities

Credit: NBS, Infoprations Analysis 2018

Latest report on the Energy Generation and Consumption for Q2 2018 by the National Bureau of Statistics has shown that residents and businesses in Lagos and Ibadan used 499,366.59 and 240, 397.39 megawatt of electricity respectively in June, 2018. The report indicates that the total energy consumed in Lagos were from Eko and Ikeja Electricity Distribution Companies.

According to the report, “The power generation statistics for Q2 2018 reflected that a total average of 81,561 MWh of energy was generated daily by power stations.
Daily energy generation attained a peak of 98,573 MWh on the 18th of April 2018. Thermal stations generated a peak of 77,010 MWh on 18th April, 2018 while the hydro stations attained a peak of 22,858 MWh on the 28th of June, 2018. However, the lowest daily energy generation of 52,074 MWh was attained on 9th of June 2018.

On the number of prepaid meters distributed during the quarter, report notes that total number of consumers with prepaid meters increased by 1.59% to 1.62 million customers in Q2 2018 from 1.59 million customers in Q1 2018. “Benin Disco has the highest number of customers metered. This is closely followed by Abuja Disco and Ibadan Disco while Yola Disco recorded the least total number of customers metered.”