Power Generation Drops 32.31%, NESO Says Amidst on-going dust raised by the new electricity tariff at the backdrop of inadequate power supply, electricity generation nosedived to 2,775 megawatts, MW, yesterday, a 32.3 percent decline from 4,099.87MW recorded last week. This was contained in the data released...

Electricity: Gas, Transmission, Distribution Facilities Hinder 10,106MW Generation         A total of 10,106.8 megawatts of electricity could not be generated by the nation’s power plants last week amid lingering challenges in the Nigerian electricity supply industry. Daily electricity generation in the country averaged 4,601.33MW last week as...

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,...

Inadequate gas supply due to pipeline vandalism, the looming threat of reversal of electricity tariff hikes, inability of power companies to sign gas supply contracts, and large amounts of debt owed to power companies by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the three tiers...