Beginning Friday, residents of Lagos, Ogun and Ondo states are to experience a 72-hour power cut, which would last till Sunday, April 7, as a result of additional gas supply to the Chevron Escravos Gas plants. The power supply cut was announced by Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP), Mr. Beks Dagogo Jack, in a statement made available to Daily Sun, in Abuja, yesterday.

The Chevron Escravos Gas plant supplies gas for power generation in Egbin Power Plant, Lagos, Omotosho Power Plants 1 & 2 in Ondo State and Olorunsogo Power Plant in Ogun State. A copy of the Daily Operational Report of power generation for Monday April 1, 2013 exclusively obtained by Daily Sun indicated that Egbin which has installed available capacity of 1100mw generated 920mw, while Omotosho with installed available capacity of 126mw generated 114mw and Olorunsogo with installed capacity of 126mw generated 114mw.

However, Dagogo Jack maintained that the outage will take about 800 megawatts out of available supply during the three day period and will be inclusive of the Shell Afam VI scheduled maintenance which contributes about 200 megawatts to the power shortfall. “The PTFP is coordinating with the relevant project owners to further mitigate the effect of the expected power shortfall. The scheduled maintenance operations of this nature are normal in ensuring that power supply is sustained in the long term.”

The statement quoted Dagogo-Jack further as saying that, the maintenance exercise can be likened to the periodic servicing of a vehicle in order to get the desired level of service reliability, stating that basic machines such as cars must be maintained at determined intervals to ensure optimal power plants efficiency. The chairman also stated that the benefits of this culture of disciplined maintenance far outweigh the cost of a two to three day inconvenience reduced supply, promising that the increased generation alongside future planned maintenance would have minimal impact on supply.

Dagogo-Jack, however, prayed for the support and understanding of Nigerians during this unavoidable period of power cut, while assuring the public that in spite of the daunting challenges on the way, government’s determination to transform the power sector remains a top priority. The chairman said PTEF is coordinating with Chevron, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), a subsidiary of NNPC alongside the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to ensure that the scheduled gas outage at the Chevron Escravos Gas plant from April 5–7, 2013 will be executed with minimal disruption to the supply of electricity in the country.

The outage, according to him is scheduled for the tie in of additional gas supply from the plant. He assured further that as part of the mitigating plan, transmission line maintenance in the Lagos area will also be conducted in tandem to avoid sequential outages.



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Hope phcn won't charge for dis light out.

Noted. Bt I'm sure it won't affect light in my area. Dey haven't given us light since d past 3 weeks. So weda dey shut down or shut up, it won't still affect us. No light

D last time i saw power @ home was more dan a week ago, so what is d 72hrs. Bad FG

After the third day, we get light till eternity right

Wats d difference ar dey giving us light b4 let dem take it abeg wetin generator dey 4

what is difference when there is no power - cut

OK.... HOPE 72HRS WON'T TURN TO 72YRS.

Can't they do or fix what the have to in lesser hours?72 hrs is too much o.Haba!!

Thank God say e no reach ibadan

U are out of your sense by post dis rubbish here.

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Nigeria has dams, we even supply to some countries n dey have to deprive 3 states jst to supply to one company. Oh... Chukwu abiama

Must lagos,ogun n ondo get light abeg front page

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Is this sheer coincidence, all the states are AC states.
Hope non b punishment o?

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Like they give before
Shior

I gues it has taken effect 2day; in my area
Make dis idiots bring lyt make i pump n store water na.

na today we don dey experience it since 1974

shiftmarket: Is this sheer coincidence, all the states are AC states.
Hope non b punishment o?

Olodo, so Ondo is now an ACN state

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ochukoccna:

Olodo, Ondo is now an ACN state

You be the real olodo, Ondo is an LP (Labour Party) state.

tjskii: Thank God say e no reach ibadan

That one mean say make u no sleep for darkness

olempe:

You be the real olodo, Ondo is an LP (Labour Party) state.

You b the mega Olodo, Ondo is a LP state..... a,e, i,u......

Rubbish! In my own area, Ayegunle Oka Akoko in Ondo state, it's been more than two weeks since we had power supply till now. So,what rubbish is the Idiot saying? That's absolutely none of our business in my own area. We're used to it already.

The regime should do all things potential to make sure there is 24 hours power supply in this country because many part of the nation are lacking behind in the aspect of power supply. E.g Kwale in Delta State.

No light now at my own area. Satallite ijegun for the past three weeks. 72hrs na jara