Despite the recent 45 per cent electricity tariff hike, consumers continued yesterday to groan under pangs of outages, with power generation sliding to 3,697 Mega Watts (MW).

The current power generation profile was against the peak of 5,074MW achieved earlier this month.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had earlier assured that the supply situation would improve with the assessed cost-reflective tariff regime. Even the Distribution Companies (Discos) affirmed that the new billing system would further ensure improved performance within the system.

Data obtained from the Presidential Task Force on Power yesterday put the power generation at 3,697 MW, while only 3,625MW was sent out.

The daily operations report of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), also obtained by The Guardian yesterday, showed that several challenges were trailing the process of generation and evacuation of power in the country.

The report, which gave the positions of the generation plants and transmission lines across the country as at Tuesday, showed that unutilised generation capability was 1922MW.

While about 1773.5MW was lost to gas constraints, about 149.6MW was lost to transmission line constraints.

Sources in the distribution companies said the many faulty transmission lines were major obstacle to their performance, decrying the poor response to fault clearing by the TCN.

The Guardian gathered that many of the businesses have found solace in diesel generator, even as they groan under the new tariff structure.

Concerned consumer and community leader in Surulere area of Lagos, Akin Osayemi, said the situation has been going from bad to worse, especially in the past two months.

“We hardly get five hours light in a day, businesses are suffering and when you get home you are forced to sleep in a heated black out. This is highly unfortunate. I think the Federal Government should do something about supply and not tariff increase at the moment,” he said.

Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, Sunday Olurotimi Oduntan, said the shortfall in power generation was huge, and therefore necessitated the power rationing.

According to him, Nigeria currently has less than one quarter of what it needs for regular supply.

He estimated that the nation should have about 160,000MW, for a population of 160 million.

Oduntan however identified the key challenges as inadequate generation; poor transmission capacity; poor distribution network; inadequate gas infrastructure and massive power theft and vandalism.

The Chief Executive Officer, Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), said what his company is getting from the nation grid is too low.

The power generated is shared among the 11 Discos, with Eko getting 11 per cent; Ikeja, 15 per cent; Ibadan, 13 per cent, Kano, 8 per cent; Abuja 11.5 per cent; Port Harcourt, 6.5 per cent; Enugu nine per cent; Benin nine per cent; Kaduna, eight per cent; Jos, 5.5 per cent and Yola 3.5 per cent.

The TCN, at the last stakeholders’ meeting, identified 51 issues to be resolved in respect of supplies in areas like Alaoji, Sokoto, Ahoada, Damaturu, Gbarain, Calabar, Afikpo, Nsukka, Okigwe, Ihiala, Ayede, Ikeja, Ajah, Lekki, Kebbi, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Makurdi, Kainji, Kafanchan, Otukpo, Hadejia, Wudil, Kumbotso, Bauchi, Gombe, Katsina, Daura, Abuja and Maiduguri.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2016/02/power-supply-crisis-persists-generation-drops-further-to-3697mw/

El-Buhari

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ewoo!! Bet y na? Rain fell y'day na so i hope it gets better

The next time Nigerian hear change...

RUBBISHH APC Govt Suffering the masses

spotlessduke:
ewoo!! Bet y na? Rain fell y'day na so i hope it gets better

Amen ooo, let's keep hoping. am waiting for APC to blame GEJ

erunz:
Amen ooo, let's keep hoping. am waiting for APC to blame GEJ

Have you blamed GEJ?

Reality.

When everything is going up in Nigeria even the price of my precious biscuits wafer inclusive, na only the power generation is going down yet we want to industrialise this nation. From what bikonu. Raw materials and forex are high, diesel price also climbing even the cost of living and yet the most important ingredient to stabilize them is going down. 2019 please come, some decisisons will be taken

This government is bent on suffering nigerians.

All this heat and no light...I sweat so much these days when I sleep that I lose weight an my bed feels like wet tissue paper

asuustrike2009:

Have you blamed GEJ?

my brother no be small blame o

Blame the body odour economics.

jmichlins:
When everything is going up in Nigeria even the price of my precious biscuits wafer inclusive, na only the power generation is going down yet we want to industrialise this nation. From what bikonu. Raw materials and forex are high, diesel price also climbing even the cost of living and yet the most important ingredient to stabilize them is going down. 2019 please come, some decisisons will be taken

am joining you in that prayer. 2019 should just come, so we can vote out this brainless president and his propaganda party

Still battling with 3,000
I thought Fashola must have generated 10,000mw by now

The situation is just appalling

You want cheaply priced electricity, you will get cheap quality electricity

erunz:
am joining you in that prayer. 2019 should just come, so we can vote out this brainless president and his propaganda party

Did you vote for them?

The more reason the hike in tariffs must be reversed, there is need to focus all attention to transmission problems and generating problems. Gas station should store up gas rather than rely on continuous stream of gas supply.

una see GOP debate yesterday dat debate na bomb see as d oda contestants dey attack donald trump but who born dem Donald trump for president!

Fashola must make sure he does not destroy his reputation.
The idea of a national grid run by the federal government is the problem .
Nothing will work until power is turned back to the states

Where are those people who used to post blocked Coca-Cola the other time?

jmichlins:
When everything is going up in Nigeria even the price of my precious biscuits wafer inclusive, na only the power generation is going down yet we want to industrialise this nation. From what bikonu. Raw materials and forex are high, diesel price also climbing even the cost of living and yet the most important ingredient to stabilize them is going down. 2019 please come, some decisisons will be taken

Investors will only look south west because we are stable and government would put more money on infrastructure in our area because it is peaceful and not been blown apart every month and the south south are not getting it , they are thinking in one direction which is failure and bad reputation in that area. Who is going to hammer this information to their head.

DankemzI:
Still battling with 3,000
I thought Fashola must have generated 10,000mw by now

Well the south south are blowing up gas pipelines. GEJ's and PDP's idea.

slimfit1:


Well the south south are blowing up gas pipelines. GEJ's and PDP's idea.

It does not take a rocket scientist to know that they will blow up pipelines.
That space ( ND) must remain ungovernable for the international syndicates running stolen crude through the ND .
Even if you have an installed capacity 1 million mega watts , you should know that banking on facilities running through failed states, is a colossal error of judgement.

Fashola now Minister of Darkness

PentiumPro:
Did you vote for them?

God forbid

erunz:
God forbid

You didn't vote for him, how would your vote get him out?

We vowed in my area not to pay bills until this epileptic power supply is stopped. Why should I pay for something I didn't use

PentiumPro:


You didn't vote for him, how would your vote get him out?

We will campaign against him

Where is Fashola, the issue of power problem has been way back in time, the power minister should explore other means of generating power like wind, solar, etc too much dependant on one avenue is just too worrisome.

And this is dry season too, all feeder-pillar will be over worked.