THE country has increased power generation from the 3,657.02MW it recorded two weeks ago to 3,801.19MW, while energy sent out has reached 3,708MW from the 3,584MW.
Nigeria has continued to enjoy significant increase in power generation and supply in the last few weeks achieved, during the review period.

For instance, the country’s power generation, which was below 2,000MW between January and May this year, is already recording peak generation of about 4,057.20MW, according to the latest power generation report by the Presidential Taskforce on Power.
This is still below the peak demand forecast of 12,800MW. The highest peak energy generated was 4,517.6MW recorded in 2012.

Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Sam Amadi said that power generation might peak above 5,500MW in July if on-going repairs on gas supply pipelines are completed.

He said the commission has received assurances from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that improvements on gas supply are coming up.

Amadi, said a lot work has been done to contain the frequent vandalism of gas pipelines.

He added: “much of the vandalisms are in the gas side. The gas problem is getting better. We had meeting with the Group Executive Director of gas at NNPC and he told us of improvements coming up. We hope that by the end of July, with the repair work going on, we might be able to do maybe above 5,500mw.

“The assurance we have is the East-West Gas Pipeline is projected for completion sometime towards the end of 2016. The idea is that we should be able to do slightly above 6000mw. The problem is that it depends also on increase in capacity. If we get the NIPP plants in, we are looking that 4,700mw. If we add this to the distribution companies, we can go above 9,000mw. Right now, we don’t have enough gas to do above that.

“They are looking at 2016-2017. With the gas that will come from the new and existing pipelines, the operators think that we can get enough to get us the available capacity that we have, and the recoverable capacity that the generators would have”.
He expressed the hope that the new government would do more to curb vandalism, adding that the “reports we have from them is that there is containment and vandalism has dropped as well”.

Meanwhile, the core investor of Ughelli Power Plc, Transcorp Ughelli Power Limited, has unfolded plans to ramp up the generation capacity of the plant from the current installed capacity of 972megawatt (mw) to 2200mw in the next three years.

Briefing the post privatisation monitoring team from the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), last week, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Transcorp Ughelli Power Limited, Adeoye Fadeyibi said that on takeover of the plant on November 1, 2013, the core investor inherited only four operational turbines generating only 160mw of power.

Fadeyibi, who was represented by the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Olukunle Fagbayi, noted that by June 2015, the core investor had rehabilitated and made 13 out of the 18 units fully operational and generating about 635mw of available capacity.

He further pointed out that in the company’s generation forecast, by December 2015, the generation capacity would be raised to about 850mw and in December 2017 to about 1650mw and 2200mw in 2018.

He however lamented that due to the quality and quantity of gas available to the plant, only about 350mw could be made available to the grid.

He pointed out that another major challenge facing the company was the wheeling capacity of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and tasked the Federal Government on investment in the transmission segment of the value chain of the power infrastructure to strengthen the wheeling capacity of TCN.

He revealed that since the takeover of the plant in November 2013, the company had engaged an additional 45 staff in its payroll, assuring that Transcorp was going to surpass all the key performance indicators (KPIs) covenanted in its Post Acquisition Plan (PAP).

The CEO also revealed that as part of its corporate social responsibility, the company runs a model school with about 1,000 student enrollment as well as skills acquisition schemes for the host communities.

The BPE Post Privatization Monitoring team to Ughelli Power Plc was led by the Director, Post Privatization Monitoring Department,

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/07/nigerias-power-generation-hits-3801-19mw/

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Meanwhile, we have not seen light here for the past 9 hours.

spacebookers everywhere

#babaisworking



by the way we still need more MW

The rains are back, so the increase is expected from the hydropower plants

Quick calculation, we can add 2,500MW to the grid at the cost of 210Billion Naira with solar power. Another resource wasting is the wave energy and wind of the coastal lines of nigeria.




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Nigeria has spent a wooping $156billion from 1999 till date (www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/catalogue-of-failed-promises-on-power/) yet what difference has it made?

Lies lies lies is all we get. And white elephant projects. We just like complicating things for ourselves

Pls do your research and see what is costs to generate 1000mw. That money we have spent can power the whole africa, not just nigeria. How can we spend $156billion so far and be generating 3800MW

Geez..!

With about 450 Billion naira, Nigeria can generate about 6000Mw, from solar, wind and wave energy with our existing hydro plants. but truth is NO government is serious about energy generation. I mean NOT GEJ, NOT OBJ, NOT BUHARI. They are all UNSERIOUS. Wish them the best ripping off nigerians with their BILLION DOLLARS power projects that has yielded insignificant results. Mtchew. gas power plants costs a lot to run. When we have free energy wasting away every day. Nigeria's shorelines in the south and open deserts in the north is more than enough compliment our hydro power plants.[/b]

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light here in gbagada has been a scarce commodity...hope the petrol stations are not bribing the discos here ..cos am investigating it and will blow them out as soon as the rumor is comfirmed

Na small small we ll get there

The kind light Nigeria witnessed for the last 3 weeks is not 4000MW, its well over 6000MW

chuna1985:
The kind light Nigeria witnessed for the last 3 weeks is not 4000MW, its well over 6000MW

How u take know?
Do you generate or transmit?

even without a substansive minister for power?


i think its beter we dont even have one and we have productive results

oloriooko:

How u take know?
Do you generate or transmit?

I live in Enugu state in a place called New Haven. For exactly 22 days, I've switched in the generator twice, We have light 23 hours everyday n some days 23 hours and 55 minutes. The last time we had it this good was 2002.

Many people who had less than 3 hours electricity in Lagos now have 16 to 20 hours...

I'm dead sure this is not 4000MW

chuna1985:


I live in Enugu state in a place called New Haven. For exactly 22 days, I've switched in the generator twice, We have light 23 hours everyday n some days 23 hours and 55 minutes. The last time we had it this good was 2002.

Many people who had less than 3 hours electricity in Lagos now have 16 to 20 hours...

I'm dead sure this is not 4000MW

Well you have a solid point there, just enjoy it while it lasts

Light in my Area has really improved, I live in lagos.... I hope the.megawatts increases. .....
Baba make sure you appoint an INTELLIGENT minister of power ooo

ddami:
Light in my Area has really improved, I live in lagos.... I hope the.megawatts increases. .....
Baba make sure you appoint an INTELLIGENT minister of power ooo

Tackling power prob in 9ja goes beyond having an intelligent minister, in addition, the govt must exhibit the political will to pursue its policies on power to a conclusive end as there are 'powers' that are hell bent on keeping power prostrate in this country

oloriooko:


Tackling power prob in 9ja goes beyond having an intelligent minister, in addition, the govt must exhibit the political will to pursue its policies on power to a conclusive end as there are 'powers' that are hell bent on keeping power prostrate in this country

. I totally agree 'cos NEBO is always talking about Vandalism and Cabals.....
I suspect those generator manufactures, I won't be surprised if NIGERIA is their biggest market for supplies

Na today By next week it will be less than 1000mw... Due to fuel scarcity

ddami:
. I totally agree 'cos NEBO is always talking about Vandalism and Cabals.....
I suspect those generator manufactures, I won't be surprised if NIGERIA is their biggest market for supplies

Vandalism, cabals and insincerity by our leaders are the 'powers' responsible majorly for the problem we are presently facing in the power sector.

dunkem21:
Meanwhile, we have not seen light here for the past 9 hours.

u just want to talk. We have light since 3days without a blink, except dis morning,maybe because of rain

Should we be happy about this? Clap for your sorry self.

Thank God Jonathan's vandals have all left power.

Jesusloveyou:
u just want to talk. We have light since 3days without a blink, except dis morning,maybe because of rain

You too want to just talk.

Dem say baba is not working. Sai baba joor

Nothing new, Water level have risen

This is wonderful news..
Unfortunately, still haven't seen light blink here @my end f months now.

Things will move this fast when a good leader is in control !!!

Hiss. This is very annoying country.

Realdeals:
Nothing new, Water level have risen

Nothing special.

this is the issue that I could not understand, in my state (I mean across the state) we receive at least 15 hours of light averagely and in my home town, there are area that boost of days with out a blink. and it start the week Buhari was inaugurated. And I was thinking what causes this positive effect and what stops it previously.

Its ok. Hope it won't fall again.

And they just took the light in my house.

bamite:
And they just took the light in my house.

Sorry o just kool temper you will soon enjoy!