{"id":55658,"date":"2017-01-22T19:03:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T18:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=55658"},"modified":"2017-01-22T19:03:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T18:03:13","slug":"fashola-fails-power-generation-drops-darkness-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/fashola-fails-power-generation-drops-darkness-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashola Fails As As Power Generation Drops Again, Darkness Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nation\u2019s power generation capacity has dropped from 3,959 megawatts on<br \/>\nJanuary 4 to 2,662 megawatts on January 22, according to the Transmission<br \/>\nCompany of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Electricity System Operator\u2019s website, a sub agency of TCN,<br \/>\ndisclosed the figure in its daily forecast on power generation data in<br \/>\nLagos <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1195631568\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria reports that TCN attributed the drop to low<br \/>\nwater levels at the hydro power stations and dearth of gas to the power<br \/>\ngenerating companies.<\/p>\n<p>TCN said the total output of 2,662.20 megawatts from all the generation<br \/>\ncompanies <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1195631569\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span> had been transferred to the 11 distribution companies<br \/>\nacross the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry operational report<br \/>\nfor January 4, the power sector hit a peak generation of 4,959 megawatts<br \/>\nbut dropped to 2,662.20 megawatts on January 22.<\/p>\n<p>NESI said the sector recorded highest system frequency of 51.32Hz and<br \/>\nlowest system frequency of 48.52 Hz, while the highest and the lowest<br \/>\nvoltage recorded <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1195631570\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span> were 372KV and 300KV, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>An official of Transmission Company of Nigeria, who preferred anonymity,<br \/>\ntold NAN that electricity generation had been dwindling due to challenge<br \/>\nof accessing gas by generation companies.<\/p>\n<p>The official said that low level water levels at the country\u2019s hydro<br \/>\nthermal stations also contributed to the drop in generation.<br \/>\nHe said that most hydro stations are currently confronted with low water<br \/>\nchallenges to generate energy.<\/p>\n<p>The TCN official said that this often caused system collapse when the<br \/>\nsystem scrabbled to distribute energy from the grid to distribution<br \/>\ncompanies and the quantum of energy was not sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it is a challenging period for power sector but it will<br \/>\nget better once the hydro swing into high water level and gas becomes<br \/>\navailable.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the drop in generation to the attack launched against<br \/>\npipeline facilities belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development<br \/>\nCompany (NPDC) on Jan. 17 around Ugheli in Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, a top official of Egbin Power Station, who also pleaded<br \/>\nanonymity, said that the power plant, with a capacity of 1,320 megawatts,<br \/>\nnow generates 340 megawatts due to gas constraint.<\/p>\n<p>The official said that the 340 megawatts Egbin generated was wheeled out<br \/>\nto the national grid at <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1195631571\"><span class=\"aQJ\">6.00 am<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1195631572\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, had on<br \/>\nFriday said that the sabotage of power assets by militants prevented<br \/>\nNigeria from generating 7,000 MW of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, at its most frugal, the nation\u2019s power grid would support 6,500MW;<br \/>\npushed to its limit, it would carry 7,200MW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it is not true when you hear that the grid capacity is not more than<br \/>\n5,000MW. It is growing every day and more projects are coming up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have completed some and more are still coming up. So that is where we<br \/>\nare,\u2019\u2019 Fashola said at the Nextier Power Dialogue in Abuja <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1195631574\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said while power was out due to attacks in one axis, the<br \/>\nexpansion of either the grid or gas supply was kept alive on another axis<br \/>\nand hydro power was also being expanded.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nation\u2019s 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. 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