Category: Power

By Oke Peter The Niger-Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has inaugurated a newly built 1x15AmVA, 33/11KV injection substation to help address power supply challenges in Ungwa Rosa and surrounding communities of Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Managing Director NDPHC, Mr. Chiedu Ugbo, said the distribution substation was completed along with the construction…

By Energy Worth The minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has called on the distribution companies (DisCos) to pay attention to service delivery, repairs, maintenance and needs of customers. Fashola also said the challenge of power supply disruption during the rainy season may affect service delivery. Speaking at the 28th monthly meeting of…

By Oke Peter The organizer of the popular energy summit, Africa Energy Forum (AEF), EnergyNet Limited UK, has conferred award on individuals and companies who have been a consistent positive force in Africa’s energy space to support the sector’s development. The event was held at the Beachcomber Hotel, Paradise, Mauritius from 19 to 22 June,…

The last may not have been heard about the failed $16 billion National Integrated Power Project as Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has said his committee may meet the anti-corruption agencies in the country over the facts and figures behind the project carried out in former President…

Mr Kola Adesina is Group Managing Director of Sahara Power Group, owners and operators of Ikeja Electric and Egbin Power Plc. Adesina says Nigeria’s intractable power problem, which has appeared to defy all solutions, can only be resolved when all relevant stakeholders in the power sector sincerely decide to do the right thing. He dissects…

Energy Worth with Agency Report The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said electricity generated into the national grid fell by 1,087.6 MW but denied the collapse of the grid. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs said the fall in electricity generated led to load shedding nationwide. She said it was done to maintain…

By Energy Worth The nation’s power grid has suffered a total collapse this month, for the first time since February. Data obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Friday showed that the grid collapsed on June 8, bringing the number of total collapses recorded so far this year to seven. Following…

By Oke Peter An international group that organises investment meetings on power generation, EnergyNet Limited, has announced that its 20th anniversary of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) will hold between 19 and 22 June, 2018 at the Paradis & Dinarobin Beachcomber Hotels, Mauritius. The forum will be hosted in Africa for the first time to…

By Energy Worth Forty-two persons lost their lives in 38 fatal accidents caused by faulty systems in the electricity distribution arm of the power sector between January and May this year. Ten of the recorded fatalities were employees of the different power firms, while the remaining 32 were individuals who did not work in the…

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…