The nation’s power generation plunged to zero megawatt six times last month, the highest level since 2009, industry data obtained by our correspondent on Friday showed.Electricity supply to households and businesses across the country dropped significantly in May as the national grid recorded six total collapses and one partial collapse within the period.

The national grid completely collapsed 11 times in the first five months of the year, as compared to six and nine times for the whole of 2015 and 2014, respectively.
The latest total system collapse was recorded on Wednesday, June 1, according to the data.As of 6am on Friday, eleven power plants, including the Shiroro Power Station in Niger State, were not generating any megawatts of electricity.Others were Afam IV & V, Geregu I, Omotosho I, AES, ASCO, Trans-Amadi, Rivers IPP, Gbarain, Olorunsogo I and II.

The total national power generation stood at 2,604.5MW as of 6am on Friday, down from a peak of 5,074.7MW on February 2, according to the Ministry of Power.The slide in power generation has worsened the blackout being experienced in many parts of the country, with several consumers without electricity for hours in recent weeks.Generation from Egbin, the nation’s biggest power station, stood at 181MW, down from 1,085MW on March 15.Shiroro Power Station in Niger State, Olorunsogo II in Ogun State, and Rivers and Trans-Amadi IPPs, both in Rivers State, were idle.

Increasing gas constraints largely occasioned by recent attacks on pipelines in the Niger Delta had left about 4,400MW of the nation’s power generation capacity idle as of Friday.Other factors limiting electricity generation are line constraints/load rejection by the distribution companies and water management/maintenance, according to industry data.Gas constraints prevented 3,661.1MW from being generated, while 355.6MW and 380MW could not be generated due to line constraints/load rejection by Discos and water management/maintenance, respectively.

The nation generates most of its electricity from gas-fired power plants, while output from hydro-power plants makes up about 30 per cent of total generation.As of April 5, the unutilised generation capacity was 3,626.1MW, with 3,100.5MW due to gas constraints; 245.6MW caused by line constraints/rejection by Discos and 280MW as a result of water management/maintenance.The Chairman, Network of Electricity Consumers Advocacy of Nigeria, Mr. Tomi Akingbogun, complained that many consumers were being giving over-estimated bills despite the worsening state of power supply.“We hear that most of the problems arise from the transmission lines because many of them are weak,” he said, adding that the distribution companies had failed to provide prepaid meters to the consumers to ensure that they billed the people only for what they consumed.Akinbogun said, “They (power firms) are not concerned about the total system collapse because they are making money whether they supply electricity or not. So, why will they be interested in making sure that we have electricity?”The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at a recent public lecture, said, “In our road map to incremental power, we are looking at what we have and what we can get out of them.“We have 26 power plants (including the AES plant), three of the plants are powered by water, the hydro power plants in Jebba, Kainji and Shiroro. The remainders are powered by gas.”He put the total number of turbines, which should actually generate power from 25 power plants (excluding AES), at 140 turbines with installed capacity of 12,341MW.“At the best of times, only about 78 turbines are generating power, which gave us our peak of 5,074 MW.“The problems have been identified as either damaged, unmaintained or unserviced turbines in the hydro power plants; and in the cases of gas plants, it is largely non-availability of gas, coupled with lack of maintenance,” Fashola said.

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Let me wait here for the descendants of cowards and their fellow welfare candidates whose only source of livelihood is from the cheated Niger Delta , who have been raped for over 57 yrs and their resources given out as alms in the name of monthly allocations.
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Relax and watch how they will lament more than the owners of the land where pipelines are being bombed

Congratulations to the bombers and their supporters!

NDA

obailala:
Congratulations to the bombers and their supporters!

you're welcome almajiri slave

This is part of learning process where Nigeria should plan to accommodate sabotage without too much or abrupt disruption of the system (power infrastructure) thereby eliminating the possibility of total collapse.

With proper restructuring and scheduled preventive maintenance, things will be fine.

Yet the DISCO estimated bills keep soaring upward.

Fashola, can you see yourself?

But i dey get light 4 my area. Abi na gen fasola dey use for us ni...

elbinmanny:
Let me wait here for the descendants of cowards and their fellow welfare candidates whose only source of livelihood is from the cheated Niger Delta , who have been raped for over 57 yrs and their resources given out as alms in the name of monthly allocations.
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Relax and watch how they will lament more than the owners of the land where pipelines are being bombed

This ur ignorance na Legendary..?
When did Nigeria start oil production..

The zero megawatts has never affected my area in Rivers State from getting our 16hours per day.

elbinmanny:
Let me wait here for the descendants of cowards and their fellow welfare candidates whose only source of livelihood is from the cheated Niger Delta , who have been raped for over 57 yrs and their resources given out as alms in the name of monthly allocations.
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Relax and watch how they will lament more than the owners of the land where pipelines are being bombed

ode

kai! olekwanu bugaria, olee fashola? Nigeria jaga jaga.... olee ndi zombiea? APC ndi ara. when Nigeria sees light again, dis darkness will disappear forever. Mr lie will soon come n defend dis with lies.

elbinmanny:
you're welcome almajiri slave

I can never be a slave, slavery has since been abolished from my generation since the days of my fore-fathers. I am a cheerful winner.

The only present day slaves we have in Nigeria today are self inflicted mental slaves who have been fighting for phantom freedom from God knows what since their candidate lost an election last year. It's funny how a person who self confesses to be searching for freedom is actually the one claiming someone else is a slave, wonderful!..

It is well.

The dullard is on a mission

elbinmanny:
Let me wait here for the descendants of cowards and their fellow welfare candidates whose only source of livelihood is from the cheated Niger Delta , who have been raped for over 57 yrs and their resources given out as alms in the name of monthly allocations.
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Relax and watch how they will lament more than the owners of the land where pipelines are being bombed

The slave below you has started already. Are you a prophet?

Fashola should please think outside the box.

We are in rainy season. What happened to hydro electricity?

Suddenly, generating electricity for 24/7 supply has become rocket science.

This time last year it was 24/7 and we know what the comments were.

SonofDevil:


This ur ignorance na Legendary..?
When did Nigeria start oil production..

I dont blame you son, I blame those who stopped the teaching of history in our secondary schools.

dayo23:
ode

one almajiri slave and refugee from asiwaju's slave camp spotted

Those that abuse NDA my prayer for u is that let strangers take ur inheritance from u and use it to destroy u and ur generation and any day u open ur mouth to fight for your inheritance may u be killed. may u never inherit what belongs to u and may strangers come from far and near to claim ur birth right and use it to fight u. and may u eternally be the slave to the strangers that claim ur inheritance.

elbinmanny:
I dont blame you son, I blame those who stopped the teaching of history in our secondary schools.

U need to go back to the history book.

Nigeria start crude oil production at 1973 that is 43 years ago and the production was not up to 100,000 barrel as at that period.
So how did nigeria feed on niger Delta resources for 57 years.

Hm. Madam, you try o!
Are these wishes, or hopes and aspirations?
You really expect a man who couldn't finish the expansion of 22km of road to give you electricity?!
Well, they do say nigerians are the most optimistic people on the planet.
'E go beta'.
Abi?

MadamExcellency:
This is part of learning process where Nigeria should plan to accommodate sabotage without too much or abrupt disruption of the system (power infrastructure) thereby eliminating the possibility of total collapse.

With proper restructuring and scheduled preventive maintenance, things will be fine.

A big congrats to the scavengers! Continue and let's see what this gets u!