Electricity: Nigeria set to sell 5 power stations to private investors By Eyo Nsima The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to sell five power plants to private investors. Already, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC, and the National Council on Privatisation have approved the sale of five generating companies in the country […]
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ELECTRICITY: NERC plans new tariff as inflation, foreign exchange, others increase By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has concluded plans to emerge with another tariff increase in the country. In a statement posted on its website, April 26, 2021, it stated: “Pursuant to the provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act
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BEDC Electricity Plc has said it is collaborating with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) on the development of an End-To-End Power generation and distribution as part of an effort to boost power supply to customers within its franchise coverage. According to a statement released by the BEDC in Benin at the weekend, both
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National Mass Metering Programme: Local prepaid meter producers record 79% underperformance under phase zero By Eyo Nsima The National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP has come under threat as the indigenous producers have recorded 79 percent underperformance under phase zero. They were expected to provide the one million meters under the NMMP in order to
By Godswill Odiong The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has completed the reconductoring of its new 130KM 132kV double circuit Sokoto – Birnin Kebbi Transmission Line, which was also energized at about 4.35 pm on 13th April 2021. The new high capacity 132kV Transmission line which affects/ transverses 405 towers along the Birnin Kebbi –
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By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has tasked the Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos on metering as consumers bombard it with massive complaints from all parts of Nigeria. In its latest, ‘ORDER ON REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY AND OBSOLETE END-USE CUSTOMER METERS IN THE NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY, obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, NERC,
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The Federal Government has started to consider options required to deliver prepaid meters to 60 per cent of consumers, whose bills are still based on estimation. In its ‘Consultation Paper on the Review of Meter Asset Provider’ obtained by The Daily, https://thedaily-ng.com, Sanusi Garba, Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, said that the three options
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has assured that it is working assiduously to complete a transmission line by-pass along the Damaturu-Maiduguri 132kV transmission line route, to provide a temporary source of power supply to Maiduguri and environs. The transmission line would be completed in two weeks to enable TCN to restore supply to Maiduguri
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has recorded a partial system collapse, which disrupted power supply to Lagos and other cities in Nigeria. An investigation by The Daily, https://thedaily-ng.com, showed that the incident disrupted economic and other activities for several hours. However, it should be noted that Nigeria has recorded several power system collapses in
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President Mr David Malpass “to exercise the Bank’s prerogative to release archival records and documents relating to spending on all approved funds to improve access to electricity in Nigeria between 1999 and 2020, the Bank’s role in the implementation of any funded electricity projects,
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