It is not good news for people in Nigeria as power generation has dropped drastically this new year.
Nigeria's power generation capacity has dropped significantly (File photo)
The nation’s power generation capacity has dropped from 3,959
megawatts on January 4 to 2,662 megawatts on January 22, according to
the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
The Nigerian Electricity System Operator’s website, a sub agency of
TCN, disclosed the figure in its daily forecast on power generation
data in Lagos on Sunday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that TCN attributed the drop to
low water levels at the hydro power stations and dearth of gas to the
power generating companies.
TCN said the total output of 2,662.20 megawatts from all the
generation companies on Sunday had been transferred to the 11
distribution companies across the country.
According to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry operational
report for January 4, the power sector hit a peak generation of 4,959
megawatts but dropped to 2,662.20 megawatts on January 22.
NESI said the sector recorded highest system frequency of 51.32Hz
and lowest system frequency of 48.52 Hz, while the highest and the
lowest voltage recorded on Sunday were 372KV and 300KV, respectively.
An official of Transmission Company of Nigeria, who preferred
anonymity, told NAN that electricity generation had been dwindling due
to challenge of accessing gas by generation companies.
The official said that low level water levels at the country’s
hydro thermal stations also contributed to the drop in generation.
He said that most hydro stations are currently confronted with low water challenges to generate energy.
The TCN official said that this often caused system collapse when
the system scrabbled to distribute energy from the grid to distribution
companies and the quantum of energy was not sufficient.
According to him, it is a challenging period for power sector but
it will get better once the hydro swing into high water level and gas
becomes available.
He attributed the drop in generation to the attack launched against
pipeline facilities belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development
Company (NPDC) on Jan. 17 around Ugheli in Delta State.
Similarly, a top official of Egbin Power Station, who also pleaded
anonymity, said that the power plant, with a capacity of 1,320
megawatts, now generates 340 megawatts due to gas constraint.
The official said that the 340 megawatts Egbin generated was wheeled out to the national grid at 6.00 am on Sunday.
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola,
had on Friday said that the sabotage of power assets by militants
prevented Nigeria from generating 7,000 MW of electricity.
“Today, at its most frugal, the nation’s power grid would support 6,500MW; pushed to its limit, it would carry 7,200MW.
“So, it is not true when you hear that the grid capacity is not
more than 5,000MW. It is growing every day and more projects are coming
up.
“We have completed some and more are still coming up. So that is where we are,’’ Fashola said at the Nextier Power Dialogue in Abuja on Friday.
The Minister said while power was out due to attacks in one axis,
the expansion of either the grid or gas supply was kept alive on another
axis and hydro power was also being expanded.
NAN
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