The Managing Director of Champion Breweries, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Patrick Ejidoh, has said that not less than N1 billion is being spent by the company annually on diesel to provide electricity for its operations. He said that surviving manufacturing companies in the country also spend much on power while this not only impacts…
Yetunde Fadeyi is the founder, Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability (REES) Africa. A graduate of the University of Ibadan and entrepreneur. In this interview with Oke Peter, she bares her mind on the activities of her organisation. Excerpts Can you briefly introduce yourself and explain the idea behind REES Africa? My name is Yetunde…
Energy Worth with Agency Report There are strong indications that a new metering policy of the federal government, known as Meter Asset Providers (MAP) regulation, aimed at achieving full metering of electricity consumption in the country within three years, may suffer serious setback as a result of mounting liquidity crisis in the nation’s power sector,…
SABIC and ExxonMobil announced today that they have created a new joint venture to advance development of the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project, a 1.8 million tonne ethane cracker currently planned for construction in San Patricio County, Texas. The facility will also include a monoethylene glycol unit and two polyethylene units. “We are very pleased…
Emmanuel Katepa is the Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC), a core investor in the privatised Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). In this interview, Katepa speaks of AEDC’s strategies to raise monthly remittances for bulk energy from the Generation Companies (GenCos) from 35 per cent to 60 per cent before year end….
Latest documents obtained from Nigeria’s power System Operator indicated that peak electricity generation crossed the 5,000-megawatt mark last week. According to the SO, a peak power generation of 5,090MW was recorded on April 26, 2018, which was the highest quantum of electricity ever witnessed on the national grid since the beginning of this year. An…
Benin Electricity Distribution Company, joined the rest of the world to mark the World Safety Day. The campaign which kicked-off at the head office of BEDC is geared towards improving the safety and health of young workers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Generation Safe and…
The House of Representatives Committee on Power and Privatisation has commended Jos Disco on its customers enumeration and metering programmes. The committee made the commendation during a two days routine visitation to the company. Speaking at the occasion, the committee chairman, Shadimu Mutiu, said the committee on Privatization and Commercialisation was impressed by the metering…
Energy Worth with Agency Report Following a four-week ultimatum to among others, stop crazy or estimated bills, improve services or gets its main office shut down by civil society organisations in Kaduna recently, the management of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KADECO), has said that the overbillings cannot be avoided in its operations. It explained that…
As part of measures undertaken to resolve interrupted and inadequate energy supplies to power some critical industrial operations in Ogun and Lagos states, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has begun construction of 203km new power lines and five power sub-stations located in five locations across Ogun state. BusinessDay reports that the $200 million power…
