Lagos set for second Energy Conservation Month in October
...To Commission 8.8MW Mainland Power Plant

Lagos State Electricity Board has announced plans by the Lagos State government to commission the 8.8mw Mainland Independent Power Plant as part of activities commemorating the Energy Conservation Month 2014. The Power Plant located at the Government Reservation Area, G.R.A Ikeja when switched on will ensure 24-hour uninterrupted electric power supply to a number of public institutions including the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja High Court Complex, Old Secretariat Complex, Ikeja Water Works and guarantee over 20km of Public Lighting to select streets around Ikeja. His Excellency, Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) would formally switch on the power plant on Friday, October 31, 2014.

According to a Press Statement issued in Lagos by the General Manager, Lagos State Electricity Board, Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi the Lagos State government is committed to its holistic plan to meet the power needs of Lagos. Ogunbiyi said, “ the power need of Lagos, Nigeria’s industrial and commercial nerve centre and one of the world’s fastest growing Megacities is huge.

To this end, the Lagos State Government has launched several initiatives to meet the power need of its people across domestic, industrial and commercial spheres.” She further explained that part of the steps taken so far by the Fashola administration is the implementation of a strategic energy development plan which entails the creation of a full fledged Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Lagos State Electricity Board (LSEB), launch of Independent Power Projects as well as the dedication of October as the Energy Conservation Month. The Energy Conservation Month, which debuted in 2013, has become an annual event commemorated by the state government.


It would be recalled that the Lagos State Government has been relentless in the pursuit of efficient energy development plan. In the past four years, the government has successfully launched three Independent Power Plants one of them being the Akute IPP, a 12.15MW capacity facility which currently enables the Lagos Water Corporation to pump over 130 million gallons of water daily. The second one is the 10MW Island Power Plant, which supplies 24-hour uninterrupted electricity to the General Hospital and Island Maternity Hospital both on Lagos Island, High Court and Magistrates Court complexes and over 22 street lights. The third - the 10.4MW Alausa Power Plant – powers the Lagos State Government Secretariat complex thus making it the first seat of power in Nigeria to be run without generating sets. All the power plant run on environmentally friendly natural gas thereby reducing carbon emissions and promoting safe and clean environment

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