Category: Power

By Oke Peter At least Eight out of the 27 power plants in Nigeria were shut down on April 9, due to gas, line and frequency management constraints, data from the Power Generation Report by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, has shown. For instance, the Trans Amadi Gas Turbine (GT) 1 and 2…

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), has appealed to the National Assembly to enact laws that will address the challenges of energy theft and its associated variables in the power industry. The Port Harcourt Disco lamented that it loses a total of N3 billion on a yearly basis to energy theft. The Chief Executive…

By Energy Worth Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has disclosed the boosting of Umuahia Sub-station with 7, 000 megawatts. He said the expansion of the sub station with 40MVA transformer, has increased its transmission capacity from 80MVA to 120MVA. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Fashola said the Federal Government was…

The Management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has denied that the newly installed 60 MVA transformer in Dan Agundi Substation in Kano broke down two days after installation as reported in the Nation Newspaper on-line platform credited to Mr Sani Bala Sani, Head, Corporate Communications, Kano Electricity Distribution Company. In a release by the…

By Energy Worth Four power generation plants capable of adding 1,262MW of electricity to the power grid have been primed to commence operations soon, operators of the facilities have disclosed. Three of the plants, under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP), currently being managed by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), would be fired…

There are strong indications that the N701 billion payment assurance facility secured by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) for power generation companies (Gencos) in Nigeria may not last up to the 24 months disbursement timeline it was originally planned for. This is because of the poor financial remittances of the 11 electricity distribution…

A company, Onose Tbea Energy Limited registered in Nigeria and determined to stop poor power supply in the country is set to build a 400MW Combined Power Plant at Ekrokpe and Ekrejegbe communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. In a statement made available to newsmen by the Managing Director of the…

By Energy Worth There are strong indications that debts are piling up in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) as only four of the country’s 11 distribution companies, Discos, paid for supplies of power they received for transmission to their customers from the generation companies, GENCOs in January 2018. Information available to this website indicated…

The West African Power Pool (WAPP), on Wednesday, announced plans to begin construction of Nigerian component of the North core transmission line that will connect Nigeria, Benin Republic, Niger and Burkina Faso. The Chairman of WAPP, Mr Mohamnmed Gur-Usman, said this in Abuja, while responding to questions on the sidelines of a meeting organised to…