Ten Power Plants Suffer Gas Shortage, 1,753MW Idle
The lingering challenge of gas supply in the nation’s power sector left 1,753.4 megawatts generation capacity at 10 power plants idle on Monday.
The nation’s total unutilised electricity generation capacity stood at 2,131.9MW as of 6am on Monday,...
Egbin, Nine Other Power Plants Suffer Gas Shortage
The nation’s biggest power plant, Egbin, and nine other plants have seen their output drop on the back of gas shortage, with generation dropping below 3,000 megawatts.
Total power generation in the country stood at 2,995.2MW as of...
Gas Shortage Stalls 23,081MW, Despite Gencos N200bn Fund
The dearth of gas stalled the generation of 23,081.5 megawatts of electricity in eight days despite the N200bn that was paid by the Federal Government recently to the power sector, particularly for settling gas debts.
Investigations showed that...
Electricity: In Three Days, Gas Shortage Stalls 10,362MW
In three days, April 2 to April 4, gas shortage to thermal power plants stalled the generation of 10,362.5 megawatts of electricity.
The generation companies explained that gas shortage greatly hindered the production of electricity in thermal power...
Gas shortage: Blackout Looms Nationwide As GenCos Cut Generation
As millions of Nigerians continue with the forced restriction of their movements in the face of the raging COVID-19 pandemic and are expected to stay at home monitoring latest news on the pandemic and other critical...
Power Sector Loses N117.8bn To Gas Shortage
Between January 1 and March 6, Nigeria’s power sector lost N117.8bn, investigation has shown.
Findings showed that the sector kept losing billions of naira daily, as it lost as much as N2bn daily in some days during the period...
