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Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by blackfase(m): 10:16am On Feb 27, 2015 |
The supply of electricity to consumers across the country has fallen by 360.88 megawatts in the last one week and the Federal Government has again attributed the development to the vandalism of pipelines that transport gas to power plants. Specifically, the energy sent out to electricity consumers plunged from 3,424.11MW on February 17 to 3,063.23MW on Wednesday, while the average national demand stood at 12,800MW. Within the same period, peak electricity generation fell from 3,768.2MW to 3,224.8MW, while energy generation also dropped from 3,494.96MW to 3,131.8MW. The PUNCH had on Monday reported exclusively that the country was losing over 1,500MW of power despite claims by President Goodluck Jonathan that he had delivered on his promise to supply electric to Nigerians. The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has often blamed the fall in power supply to continued puncturing of gas pipelines. He had said in Lagos last week, “Power generation in the country today has improved tremendously with actual generation/transmission capacity consistently hovering around 5,000MW, up from 2,800MW in 2011. “Currently, the major challenge to increased power generation is the limitation in gas supply as a result of the activities of vandals who are bent on visiting hardship on the entire nation.” Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, Nebo again said the country could boast of only four days of free flow of gas to the power plants without interruption by vandals. He said, “We have only had four days of free flow of gas without vandalism. That tells you how horrible the situation with vandalism is. Vandalism is affecting our capacity to generate electricity. “We are hoping that in the next two weeks, when the other pipelines that are being repaired and the ones that are being serviced are put in use, we will come back to, and even go beyond where we are.” Asked if securing the pipelines was beyond the abilities of the security agencies, the minister said, “It is not beyond them. When you are talking about thousands of kilometres on one stretch, to police this is not easy. Because when these things were instituted or installed, nobody thought that Nigerians would hate themselves enough to directly vandalise the pipelines. “What we are now trying to do, using the various security agencies, especially the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Navy, Army, Police, and so on, is to make sure that these places are garrisoned. But this will not stop the problem. “The most critical is what Mr. President is trying to do now: deploy resources to digitally survey the pipelines. It is very expensive. But we have to do that. Until that happens, we still have to worry about vandalism.” The minister advocated for embedded generation of power and noted that this would help address the pains of pipeline vandalism. “But if you have embedded power, or embedded generation, it goes back directly to the Discos. Others will generate this power and sell to the Discos, but the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission will have to moderate and make sure that customers are not sub-charged, swindled and don’t have to pay unnecessary charges,” Nebo said. I think this guy, like his clueless boss should just resign. He/ they just not fit for purpose.... |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by Mynd44: 10:26am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by Mynd44: 10:28am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Didn't the lying FG just "add" 750MW to the grid? This must be the transformation those calling for his re-election be waiting for 2 Likes |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by Olaolufred(m): 10:32am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Mynd44: STAY THERE. THE COMMISIONING IS FOR ELECTION. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHEN THE REAL COMMISIONING FOR NIGERIAN USE WILL TAKE PLACE. EBELLE IS A RAVENING WOLVES NOW, LOOKING FOR EVERYONE TO DEVOUR. 2 Likes |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by Nobody: 10:37am On Feb 27, 2015 |
How come we never hear of vandalism in the rainy season? Useless lies from a useless government. 5 Likes |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by egift(m): 10:38am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Jonathan/PDP spend trillion in Power sector just generate Darkness. We need Change in Nigeria. We can't continue like this. Vote Buhari. 2 Likes |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by 9jatriot(m): 10:39am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Excuses for failure. This one I don't need statistics to tell me power has dropped. My bulbs tell me in very clear English. 2 Likes
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Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by Nobody: 10:40am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Mynd44: The more megawatts they add, the less electricity we get. law of pdpism 2 Likes |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by anonimi: 11:42am On Feb 27, 2015 |
egift: The man who spent the most of that money to buy us BLACKOUT is called General Olusegun Obasanjo, the navigator of APCheat. Abi you nor hear and even sef see the time wen im bin tear im PDP card ni Kindly address your wails, tears and whines to his address in Abeokuta or Ota www.nairaland.com/attachments/2102459_apcteam_png6dc9407cdcc2b68174c445361fc3e4c9 |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by modhream: 11:43am On Feb 27, 2015 |
How abouy this one for another excuse?. Seplat shut down cuts 528mw from national grid February 27, 2015 By Anayo Korie / Ag Energy Editor The Seplat Petroleum Company recent shut down is costing the nation 528ww of electricity daily. The company shut down the Oben gas plant for 10 days to enable it expand the gas facility to meet demand for its customers . The facility which was initially owned by Shell Nigeria before divestment to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is vital in the supply of gas needed for power generation. Seplat Petroleum Company The 10-day long shut-down, will enable the company to complete its expansion unit with the existing plant, The exercise will reduce gas supply to the country’s power generating plants by 135 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.. Though, several power plants fired on gas in the country consume different brands of gas depending on their location,Daily independent learnt that over 135mmscf per day generates an average of 528 megawatts of electricity . Before the shut-down, power generation stood at 4,000 mw , due to persistence of vandalism of gas supply pipelines by unpatriotic Nigerians . The Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Petroleum, operators of NPDC/Seplat Joint Venture, Mr. Austin Avuru, in a statement made public recently said that the shutdown, which will end by March 5, will enable the company to complete its newly installed, 2 x 75 million standard cubic feet of gas daily unit into the company’s existing gas plant. He said that the exercise will allow , Seplat operate a single homogenous plant consisting of 2 by 45 million standard cubic feet and 2 by75 million standard cubic feet trains and will be able to supply 240million standard cubic daily, . This facility expansion and upgrades will bring the company’s overall daily gas production capacity to over 300million standard cubic daily. Avuru further stated that during the shutdown, Seplat’s current daily production of 135 mmscf, from Oben node will “not be available, however, the company will maintain gas availability of 60mmscf daily from its Sapele node.” According to him, the shut-down provides the company an opportunity to enhance its current gas delivery into the national gas grid. He added that this achievement aligns with Seplat’s short to medium term domestic gas commercialisation strategy, while facilitating greater power generation in the country. http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/02/seplat-shut-cuts-528mw-national-grid/ "Never ascribe to malice what is best explained by incompetence" - Napoleon Bonaparte 1 Like |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by blackfase(m): 11:45am On Feb 27, 2015 |
Lol. PDP get too many robots walahi....thers another one like that, always ftc. Der mata don tire d universe In other news, anyone interested in the manufacture of SPEECH BOMBs, do check my sigi...... Obiagelli: 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by BodyKiss(m): 11:58am On Feb 27, 2015 |
This present government should adopt this slogan: It's always not our fault. 1 Like |
Re: Power Supply Dips By 360mw....yet Again! by blackfase(m): 12:40pm On Feb 27, 2015 |
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