Category: Power

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that electricity distribution companies (Discos) would have to invest about $4 billion over the next three years to be able to match its ongoing expansion of the national grid to take up to 20,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generated in the country, and also distribute same by…

There will be power outage for two days in parts of Enugu metropolis between August 31 and September 1. The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) will be embarking on major repairs of its facilities at the New Haven Injection Sub-Station. EEDC’s Head of Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, announced this on Friday in Enugu. According to him,…

Investigations have shown that the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in Nigeria are indebted to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader (NBET), and Market Operator (MO) to the tune of N103billion, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission recent (NERC) report released this week. The Guardian has reported. DisCos were issued an invoice totalling N147billion for energy…

Alhaji Idris Mohammed is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Consultancy Dell’Amore International Limited and former Managing Director, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC). He received a ‘Special Recognition Award’ as one of the top 50 in the world, who have contributed to the promotion of power projects in Africa at the just-concluded 20th anniversary…

Top voltage Stabiliser and automatic voltage regulator, AVR manufacturers are attracting additional market share as a result of the growing demand for stabilisers or regulators to protect equipment or machine occasioned by unstable power supply in the country, Vanguard has reported. A voltage stabiliser is a device designed to deliver a constant voltage at its…

Here is a confession that should make crude oil producers and oil investors worried. The chief executive of French oil and gas giant Total said on Monday that he and his wife drive an electric car. “It’s a 100 percent e-car. It’s a nice Renault electric car. And I’m driving it every weekend. It’s my…

Kainji and Jebba hydropower Generation Companies (GenCos), operated by Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL), have delivered an uninterrupted 24 hour electricity supply to seven firms labelled as ‘Eligible Customers’ with a cumulative 1,162.9 Megawatt Hour (MWH) energy capacity. A daily operational report for energy delivery obtained from the Independent System Operation (ISO) arm of the…

Nigerian households lost a total of 6,390 Megawatts, MW, of electricity in three days from the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs due to high frequency, resulting from unavailability of infrastructures.  The office of the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, stated in its latest report that, between Friday, 24th and Sunday 26th of August,…

Mainstream Energy Services Limited (MESL) has increased its generation from 542 megawatts (Mw) to 922Mw and plans to increase it to 1,300Mw. MESL was licensed as a power generating firm in 2011. It acquired Kainji and Jebba Hydro Power Plants through a concession agreement in November 2013. The two plants are 100km apart with Kainji…

The Chief Technical Officer, Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), Mr David Olu Omoloye, has advised the Federal Government to completely privatise the power sector so as to get the best from it. Speaking during an inaugural and investiture ceremony the Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Power Engineers (NIPE), Kano State Chapter, organised for him and other…