Nigerians will continue to contend with erratic power supply for the time being as gas shortage, caused by pipeline vandalism, continues to hamper power generation at the different thermal plants in the country.
Power generation had dropped by 1,598 megawatts on Sunday as eight electricity generating stations were hit by gas shortage caused by vandalism of two gas pipelines.
The Egbin/AES, Olorunsogo, Omotoso, Geregu NIPP, Afam IV and VI plants as well as Rivers State Independent Power Station, affected by the gas supply shortage, as at the time of filing this report on Monday, were working far below their installed capacities.
Egbin, the biggest power generation plant in the country with an installed capacity of 1,320MW, was said to be generating only 300MW of electricity.
A source at the station confirmed that only three out of the six units were currently running due to gas supply shortages.
This has led to increased load shedding in most parts of the country. Our correspondents gathered that the situation might not improve until the vandalised gas pipelines were fixed.
The General Manager, Public Affairs, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Mr. Dave Ifabiyi, who spoke with one of our correspondents on Monday, said, “If two major gas pipelines are vandalised, you can be sure that the pressure of gas being supplied to the thermal stations will be very low.
“The buck does not stop at our table because the Nigerian Gas Company is the one responsible for gas supply, and the NGC is having challenges right now. If they are able to sort it out, then the situation will improve.”
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