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Table 4 Power supply reliability indices (international best practices)

From: Energy and sustainable development in Nigeria: the way forward

Index

USA

Singapore

France

Nigeria (NEPA data)

Nigeria (MAN study)

SAIDIa(min)

88

1.5

52

900

≥60,000

SAIFIb(number/year

1.5

NA

NA

5

≥600

CAIDIc(h)

0

NA

0

9

15

ASAId

1

1

1

NA

≤0.4

  1. aSAIDI, System average international duration index − Annual average total duration of power interruption to a consumer, in minutes; bSAIFI, System average interruption frequency index − Average number of interruptions of supply that a consumer experiences annually; cCAIDI, Consumer average interruption duration index − Average duration of an interruption of supply for a consumer who experiences the interruption on an annual basis, in hours; dASAI, Average service availability index − Ratio of (Consumer hours service availability)/(Consumer hours service demanded). Adapted from Fagbenle et al.[28].