A showdown is imminent in the power sector as two electricity distribution companies, Enugu and Eko DisCos have taken shots at two private companies they say are encroaching on their franchise areas through offering location specific power generation called embedded generation. This is as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) granted a 9.5 megawatts embedded…
The current on-going effort by the Federal Government of Nigeria to inject about N75 billion of taxpayers money towards improving the infrastructural and technical gaps and closing all areas of service inefficiencies in the distribution sub-sector has been applauded by critical stakeholders in the Nigerian power sector value chain as timely and a welcome development…
By Nick Cunningham The OPEC meeting is a week away and based on the signals from the group’s top producers, the market is assuming that the group will increase oil production. However, the exact amount is still unknown, and the fallout from the lack of consensus could play out in several ways. It has been…
By Energy Worth The Dangote Group’s sub-sea pipeline infrastructure is expected to augment the natural domestic gas supply and add an estimated 12,000 Mega Watts (MW) to Nigeria’s power generation capacity. Dangote also has plans to construct a 570 MW power plant within refinery complex. The 12,000mw, which is being expected from the Dangote subsea…
By Energy Worth The Eko Electricity Distribution Company on Tuesday announced that there would be power interruption four hours daily in Ikoyi and other adjoining areas in Lagos Island for the next one week. Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of EKEDC, made this known in a statement in Lagos. According to Idemudia, the…
Nigeria has about 11,165 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity generating capacity, out of which only about 25 per cent is available and operational due to gas constraints.Again, about seven per cent of the generated electricity is lost across the transmission network. In general, there is a transmission capacity of 7,000MW, wherein close to 90 per…
By Energy Worth The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and chairman, Board of Governors, National Judicial Institute (NJI), Abuja, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Monday, said the judiciary would be stringent in applying punishment for electricity and pipeline vandals. Justice Onnoghen stated this at an interactive session with judges organised by the Niger-Delta Power Holding Company…
Over 500 rural communities in Plateau State suffer from effects of environmental hazards which have also affected economic activities in the communities. The communities are predominantly off the national grid and could not access energy, thus rely solely on local methods to such as the use of firewood, local lanterns and generators for the few…
By Energy Worth To further stimulate growth in the Nigerian energy sector and create enabling environment that drives development across the sub-sector, Managing Director, Sahara Power Group, Mr Kola Adesina, has urged policymakers to critically re-assess existing policies with the aim of analyzing their consequential impact on stakeholders. Adesina made this remark at the maiden…
By Energy Worth The Federal Government on Monday, said it would take advantage of the Meter Asset Provider Regulations recently introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), by providing N37bn for the supply of meters by the private sector. It also charged power firms to consult the Nigerian Meteorological Agency in order to effectively…
