The nation’s power
generation capacity on Thursday dropped from 4,285 megawatts recorded on Sept.
16 to 3,321 megawatts on Dec. 1 due to dearth of gas information from the
website of Nigerian Electricity System Operator has shown.
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| Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN. |
The Transmission Company of
Nigeria (TCN), puts the total output of all the generation companies at
3,321.50 megawatts, which had been transferred to the 11 distribution companies
across the country.
An official of TCN, who
preferred anonymity, said that electricity generation had been dwindling due to
challenges of accessing gas by generation companies.
The official said that
the country’s power generation dropped from over 4,000 megawatts recorded in
September and October to 3,321.50 megawatts current recording as Dec. 1.
Similarly, a top
management official of Egbin Power Station, who also pleaded anonymity, told
NAN that the power plant was generating over 1,000 megawatts.
He said the plant, which
is located in Lagos, now generates and distributes between 250 megawatts and
300 megawatts due to shortage of gas.
The official said that
Egbin, with an installed capacity of 1,320 megawatts, has the capacity to wheel
over 1,000 megawatts daily.
According to him, the
plant is now limited to less than 300 megawatts due to shortage of gas.
Meanwhile, Mr Godwin
Idemudia, General Manager, Communications of the Eko Electricity Distribution
Company Plc, attributed recent frequent outages within the company’s network to
the drop in energy allocation to it.
Idemudia said the company
was receiving less than 300 megawatts instead of 1,300 megawatts needed to
service its consumers.
He said that the company
had reached agreement with independent power companies to argument the little
energy being received from the national grid to meet energy demands of its
customers.
According to him, Eko
DISCO secured additional 160 megawatts of electricity to augment its allocation
from the national grid.
“We have entered into
bilateral agreements with Egbin Power Plc and Paras Energy & Natural
Resources Development Limited for 100 megawatts and 60 megawatts respectively.
“But the generation
companies are constrained by gas challenges.
“We are also working on
embedded power programme aimed at producing 480 megawatts for distribution to
our customers’’, Idemudia said.
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Source: The News Guru
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