The nation’s power generation plunged by 777.9 megawatts on Monday as output from the hydropower plants and some gas-fired stations, including Egbin in Lagos, suffered declines.

A total generation capacity of 4,463.3MW was unavailable as of 6am on Monday, compared to 3,631.4MW on Friday, according to the latest data obtained by our correspondent from the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.


Gas constraints and frequency management occasioned by electricity distribution companies’ load demand left 2,365.5MW and 2,087MW, respectively idle.

Total electricity generation, which stood at 3,462MW as of 6am on Sunday, fell to 2,684.20MW on Monday.

The nation generates most of its electricity from gas-fired power plants, while output from hydropower plants makes up about 30 per cent of the total generation.

Generation from Kainji, Jebba and Shiroro hydro plants dropped to 203MW, 133MW and 162MWm, respectively as of 6am on Monday from 275MW, 317MW, 376MW on Friday, August 10.

Kainji’s unit 1G7 was said to be out on stator winding failure; 1G8, out due to oil leakage on governor runner head; 1G9, out due to burnt 7.5MVA 33/0.415kV and 183.6MVA 16/330kV station service transformer and generator transformer; and 1G10 was shut down due to thrust bearing temperature problem.

Three units at Jebba, 2G2, 3 and 4, were said to be out on frequency management, while 2G6 was out due to burnt generator winding and automatic voltage regulator.

It was gathered that Shiroro’s 411G1, 411G2 and 411G3 recorded reduced generation on frequency management; while unit 411G 4 was out on maintenance.

The three hydropower plants generated a total of 1,293MW as of January 5, translating to about 36.7 per cent of the total national generation of 3,517.5MW that day.


Output from Egbin, the nation’s biggest power station, fell from 567MW as of 6am on Sunday to 436MW on Monday.

Six power plants, namely Geregu I, Geregu NIPP, Odukpani NIPP, Ibom Power, AES and ASCO, did not generate any megawatt as of 6am on Monday.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, at the 29th Monthly Power Sector Meeting in Niger, said, “Those who know and who genuinely desire to solve problems in this industry do not need to be told that the most pressing challenge of the sector today lies at the distribution end.”

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Failed minister of darkness.By the time Buhari is through with Nigeria, even 268MW, will be a miracle

Here in Life Camp Abuja. No light for almost 7days now. Though they blinked it on Friday in the evening. Fashola is a muntula like all Evilhari zombies

Back to total daily use of generator.
Yet, they will bring high bills for service not supply.
Waiting for them!!!!!!

APC and Buhari are Completely Useless, They Promised To Generate and Distribute Power 24/7, But What Do We Have Today, Almost Four Years After Their Assumption Of Power, Darkness Galore.
APC Is A Scam And Oshiomhole Is A Big Fool, Thunder From Sambisa Will Forever Be Upon Them.

Currently experiencing near 24hrs electricity supply so I totally can't relate.

The only thing on constant rise here is Naira/Dollars exchange rate.

Amberon1:
Currently experiencing near 24hrs electricity supply so I totally can't relate.

Your DISCO is doing well then.

one of the major challenges with power in Nigeria is that the present administration is more focused on playing politics with the issue.


when a slight improvement occurs, they roll out the red carpet & take all the glory. as soon as a problem occurs, they begin to blame the past administration.


they need to focus on the issues at hand & leave the glory hunting/blame sharing tactics.

Amberon1:
Currently experiencing near 24hrs electricity supply so I totally can't relate.

depends on where you stay. major cities get more power supply.

fukushaki:
Here in Life Camp Abuja. No light for almost 7days now. Though they blinked it on Friday in the evening. Fashola is a muntula like all Evilhari zombies

That's not fashola. You guys have destroyed your transformer from overloading. Go and lay complaint at aedc

Amberon1:
Currently experiencing near 24hrs electricity supply so I totally can't relate.

Same here. The light is at least 18hrs a day

blackpanda:


That's not fashola. You guys have destroyed your transformer from overloading. Go and lay complaint at aedc

Panda iyaff cum again ooo

They're doing so well that we no longer even have a generator. Sometimes in a whole day there are no outages, other times it lasts for only about 10mins.

What's suprising was that last week, the light had an issue and for the first time i several months there was no light for one whole day, so my dad called PHED and they assured that power would be restored the next day. To our greatest suprise it was restored the next day just as they said.

1stNumeroUno:


Your DISCO is doing well then.

Amberon1:
They're doing so well that we no longer even have a generator. Sometimes in a whole day there are no outages, other times it lasts for only about 10mins.

What's suprising was that last week, the light had an issue and for the first time i several months there was no light for one whole day, so my dad called PHED and they assured that power would be restored the next day. To our greatest suprise it was restored the next day just as they said.

Two things are involved - it's either you're living in a high- brow/VIP area or people in your area are paying their bills very well. If you ask around you'll realise not all PHEDC customers are enjoying the same thing as you're. Lucky you sha.