The poor supply of electricity being witnessed across the
country currently is as a result of a significant drop in power
generation from a peak of 4,517 megawatts attained on
December 21, 2012 to 3,443MW on Tuesday.
The 1,074MW drop is, however, a slight improvement over the
2,987.6MW peak generation recorded on April 6, 2013, when a
whopping 1,529.4MW was lost.
The drop in power generation, our correspondent gathered
from the Ministry of Power, was as a result of low gas supply
to thermal power plants.
The power generation report provided by the Ministry of Power
revealed that peak generation as of Saturday was 2,987.6 MW,
while the peak demand forecast was 10,200MW. Energy
generation was put at 68,953.24 megawatts hours, while the
actual energy sent out was 67,360.24MWH.
This is considered by power industry analysts as a huge break
from the highest peak generation of 4,517 MW on December 21,
2012 and 98,580MWH energy on December 19, 2012, one of the
highest ever sent out in the country.
The Executive Operations Summary issued by the General
Manager, National Control Centre, Osogbo, Mr. A. Alade, on
December 4, 2012, revealed that the previous energy peak was
96,768.53MWH recorded on August 31, 2012.
When contacted, the Assistant Director, Press, Power Ministry,
Mrs. Pat Deworitshe, confirmed that power generation had
dropped and ascribed the development to "general system
collapse."
"There is a general system collapse. I just spoke with the MD,
Power Generation Station, Egbin, and he said there is a general
system collapse. However, we are trying our best to fix it so
that everybody can enjoy power supply," she said.
The PUNCH had on February 16, 2013 reported that the Minister
of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, condemned the frequent rate of
system failures in the power sector.
Nebo, who spoke at the opening of a retreat organised by the
Presidential Task Force on Power in Abuja, described the
development as embarrassing and warned system owners and
managers to sit up because such would no longer be tolerated.
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Power,
Mr. Patrick Ikhariale, alleged that apart from Egbin Power Plc, all
the power generating companies in the country were
functioning at less than 40 per cent capacity.
The minister also warned that distribution companies that
sabotaged their revenue targets would be sanctioned in
accordance with the law.
He said, "I have observed with grave concern the increasing
frequency of system collapse of our grid and hereby encourage
the operatives of this segment in the TCN to be extra diligent and
vigilant.
"I shall not entertain frivolous reasons for continued system
collapses. Owners of this process must sit up or be prepared to
ship out. Another area of serious concern, which needed to be
addressed, is the poor track record of project delivery across
the value chain, and especially in the transmission segment,
which will remain in government's hands.
"Without a major shift towards improved efficiency, it could
frustrate the development of a sustainable private sector-driven
power market in Nigeria, and it is a veritable option in order to
align to internationally acceptable business standards, thus, I will
insist on this shift to happen soon."
Nebo added, "As we progress into the threshold of handing
over the sold assets to the successful bidders, the distribution
companies must sit up during this transition period. Any of the
officers in the distribution companies found to be sabotaging the
revenue collection targets of the market will be made to face the
full wrought of the law.
"This is because government will not tolerate complacency and
ineptitude of these companies building up additional burdens of
liabilities through the misconduct of these companies."
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General Syatem collapse!!!
No wonder I neva see light for weeks now.....