₦airaland Forum

nurey:
If you are not using a prepaid meter, then you are on a long thing, now this is how nepa bills the areas, let say area A uses a total of 10mw, nepa will calculate the amount of prepaid meter users and how much credit they paid for, subtract it from the 10mw let's say it is 3mw, the remaining 7mw is shared among those using old meter, they don't come in to read meter they just share the amount among them now those that tap light or bypass, you are the one paying for their meter.

Now my case study Area is IKOYI lagos
Its only on sunday we use this appliances and that's when we are using more light
TV
Freezer
Laptop (2)
Bulb
Three fans
Pumping machine
Iron
And minor gadgets

I don't use Ac or any other high powered electronics, now if there is no constant light we don't pay anything less than 6k which is exorbitant but we pay, on a bad day, they bring 12k for a month, am I running and industry so I decided it was time for prepaid and am telling you in a week from 300 units, I am left with 280units and #2000 naira equals 120units which I can't finish in a month it took me 4months to get it take a cue from my experience and get yourself a prepaid meter.

KINGTELLER:
I disagree with you on this... Power distribution or DISCO should first put their own house in order and also create a channel were complaint made by consumers are investigated and not treated with levity

Enoquin:
So, now you are saying our bill probably increased because of the 'sin' of others in using short cuts?
If in trying to correct the anomally, a staff discredited our story, what then?
Where does the fault lie? Because it definitely isn't us and if we aren't getting any succour from DISCO and someone comes with a shortcut, give me reasons why we wouldn't jump at the idea.

adorable29:
All this one na grammar! One thing is sure....

IN BENIN CITY, WE HAVE NEVER PAID SO MUCH IN "NEPA" BILL AND YET HAD ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS POWER SUPPLY AS WE DO NOW!

We have light an average of 2hours every 2 or 3days in my area. If we are lucky, we see it up to 3hours in total (we don't see it again till 2 or 3days later)! Yet we are forced to pay the fixed charge every month!


Our transformer blew and for 5 months (jan-may last year) , not a spark of light. Yet we paid fixed charge for that 5 months!

Since the privatization of NEPA, we have jumped from frying pan into fire. Infact from frying Pan into volcanic molten magma!!!

lordnammy:
if u have been to places like Omuoku in rivers state they have light 24/7, they get their supply from NAOC gas plant for free. it is very possibly if we our total output greater than total deman. like u asked ealier during football that light is always off in ur areas that is because that is peak period and some places needs to be open to avoid overload. if we get up to 10 mw there is goine to be constant electricity in naija

asuustrike2009:
op I really appreciate what you are doing. my question is in my area once there's lighting , the light goes off to come back the next day especially if it occurs at night but if a strong politicians is around or there's a football match, it will be restored that same day. my question is what's the rational behind it??

diportivo:
you dont say!!the one i paid for since 2005 hasnt been delivered ...and yes i still have the receipt i was issued.and ofcos ikedc are not keen on installing it since they make a killing from estimated billing .if installing pre paid becomes a reality,thunder will surely fire whoever asks me for money before installation ..on a lighter note,we dey get light for my area sha oo...dem dey try

Trustworthiness:
The only reason people bypass their meters is because of the fraudulent bill PHCN use to bring to people's house. Bills you wonder how they arrived at.

I used to pay my bills upfront before until PHCN show me pepper. Before I don't pay more than 1000 naia a month. Because of that, I may pay upto 8000 naira on a bill just to avoid going to pay every month. So, at a point in time, the amount of credit I have with PHCN have risen to almost 12000 naira.

Around August of that year, the bill suddenly rise to 4500 naria by placing my bill on estimated bills which has not been so before. Within 3 months, the credit I have turns to debit.

I went to PHCN office to lodge a complain about the estimated bills been brought to my house. The readings on my meter do not tally with the bills PHCN is bringing for my electricity consumption.

I went to their office along Isawo road, Owutu, Ikorodu area of lagos state. I was directed to PHCN office on lagos road, besides 1stBank. I was told to write a letter of complain which I did. But nothing comes out of it. I had to suffer paying bills which I did not use.

I had to discussion with the guy that use to bring the bill then on what I can do to normalise the bill. Which he help me to achieve with some change anyway. Thereafter, they stop bring estimated bill to m6 house

litetias:
The reasons for the epileptic power situation are infrastructure based. The current infrastructure is outdated, dilapidated and inadequate for generating enough electricity as well as for distributing it.
I don't know how the OP thinks he has addressed the issues. The poor maintenance culture and government myopia is responsible for every of the shortcomings of this country

tolexy007:
Na we wey dey SW here dey suffer light pass, I remember 2yrs ago wen I rep my sch in one competion like dat in New bussa in Niger state, for d whole town I don't c a single generator, their lite no dey go, I ask a guy say their lite no dey go? he said d lite no go at all, say even if dey carry d lite in d next 30sec d lite will b back.......Abeg aboki don dey cheat us for diz country since 404AD wen Gladiator competition Was put to stop..

Deiok:
This is my field. Nice one op. But this isnt the reason for power problem in this country.

phransix147:
Is it kano that should enjoy 24/7 power or Ogun? Kano consumes as much as it generates while Ogun consumes just a fraction... Op. revisit and correct pls.

ayobase: ........After Anambra has been Locally load-shedded to 10MVA.
-Lagos (8MVA) + Ogun (5MVA) + Kano (1MVA) = 14MVA
-Anambra (10MVA) + Kano (5MVA) = 15MVA

Days Of Enjoyment On Each Feeder.
-Lagos: 3-4 days a week
-Anambra: 3-4 days a week, while local load-shedding goes on. It means some parts
will have supply for 2-3 days a week.
-Ogun: 3-4 days a week
-Kano: 7 days a week

Ahmeduana:
ABOUT THE DEVIL MAY CARE ATTITUDE
in a situation residents went to complain to PHCN staff about a break down of equipments in an area, and the PHCN staff are demanding for money before they would rectify the problem, WHAT DO WE CALLED THAT AND UNDER WHAT CATEGORY DID SUCH ACTION FALLS INTO? PLEASE I NEED ANSWER SINCE YOU ARE THE p.r.o OF PHCN, I ASSUMED.

doug:
-Opening: Switching on
-Closing: Switching off
-Load shedding: Sharing of Electricity among consumers on 2 or more Feeders with a
common Power Transformer.
-Local load shedding: Sharing of Electricity among consumers on 1 Feeder.

Good job Sir but I think there is a mix up in the definition given for Opening and Closing a feeder.

ALAYORMII:
Electricity borku for my area

wunmi590:
OP, u jst chnged my orientation on PHCN. One of the best write up have ever come across on NL...

God bless you
God bless your generation
God bless me also
God bless Seun Osewa
God bless Naira land
God bless Nigeria

hahn:
I reside in Likosi, Sagamu, Ogun state.

I totally with your comment. Nigerians are the first to ask for a short cut and complain when we don't get what we deserve.

anukulapo:
My own na say "is it possible for Nigeria to overcome this power issue?"

Considering the technical and political factors. Remember the "cabal" that live on the system that sustains these problems.

hahn:
What I want to know is why I have to pay for a service that is not rendered. Nepa have NEVER come to read the meter in my house but they always seem to bring the same bill every month regardless of the amount of power supplied. I believe that since they have been privatised we deserve more customer care service than we are getting

Caracta:
What about countries with stable power supply?

Caracta:
Do they have magical transformers?

Caracta:
Nice and interesting write-up.

Caracta:
Errrrm...I've always wondered why we do not get power supply whenever there is an interesting football match.

johnwizey:
D only reason is the billions allocated for power is been embezzled by dat clueless individual and his cohorts.











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ejikeme:
nice write up..

Defined below are Engineering terms for comprehensive and professional digestion;

-Operator: The qualified man (Engineer) that closes and opens feeders in a Control
Room.
- Injection Substation: A structure or building from which Control Room is created.
- Control Room: The room housing the Feeders and the Operator.
-Feeder: Electricity source of the Substation (Transformer) on your street from the
Control Room.
-Substation: Transformer on your street.
-Line: The path (Wire) along which Electricity travels from the feeder to your
Substation (Transformer).
-Relay: A part of the feeder that serves as eyes. It gives/shows reason(s) of trip
when there is/are fault(s).
-Trip: Feeder opening due to normal or abnormal situation as a result of either external
or internet fault(s)
- Power Transformer: This is the transformer at the Injection Substation from which
Feeders feeding Transformers (Substations) receive supply.
-Opening: Switching on
-Closing: Switching off
-Load shedding: Sharing of Electricity among consumers on 2 or more Feeders with a
common Power Transformer.
-Local load shedding: Sharing of Electricity among consumers on 1 Feeder.

Please, you should know that no Operator derives pleasure in Closing and Opening of Feeder. Operators do not have time and supposed energy for that. So, stop cursing and abusing when your light keeps going on and off within minutes. The Operator is only making effort you have light.

Besides, it is against the code of conduct of an Operator to close a Feeder after tripping if he hasn't informed the linesmen to patrol and locate area of fault and make amend.

Constant operation of Feeder is said to wear out the spring thereby resulting to replacing or repairing or managing (this also takes efforts in operating).

Here are few main reasons why you might not have been having light.

1. Load Shedding And Local Load Shedding:
(Note: Among reasons, this is the most important you need to understand clearly. I'm going to take my time explaining this)

Load Shedding (L/S) happens when power needs to be shared among consumers on a Building, Street, Neigbourhood, Local Government, State or Country as the case may be in order to relief the related Transformer from overloading. We can simply call Load Shedding “Damage Control” operation.

Case study:
An Injection Substation (Control Room) with Power Transformer of 15MVA has 4 Feeders. Namely;

Feeder 1 (Lagos)
Feeder (Anambra)
Feeder (Kano)
Feeder (Ogun)

-Lagos has 10 Substations (Transformers) with total sum capacity of 12MVA. And let's assume Lagos consume about 8MVA on full load (i.e. Lagos consumes less than the Transformers’ summed capacity)

-Anambra has 15 Substations (Transformers) with the total sum capacity of 17MVA. And let's assume Anambra consumes about 17MVA on full load (i.e. Anambra consumes equal to the Transformers’ summed capacity)

-Kano has 25 Substations (Transformers) with the total sum capacity of 5MVA. Let’s assume Kano consumes 5MVA on full load (i.e. Kano consumes equal to the Transformers’ summed capacity)

-Ogun has 7 Substations (Transformers) with the total sum capacity of 7MVA. While Ogun consumes only 1MVA on full load (i.e. Ogun consumes far less than Transformers’ summed capacity)

N.B: A transformer shouldn't be operated on 100%, but 75% capacity as factor of longevity.
But, let's assume all Transformers here work on 100% full load capacity.

Summary:
-Injection S/station Power Transformer: 15MVA
-Lagos: 12MVA (Consumes 8MVA)
-Anambra: 17MVA (Consumes 17MVA)
-Kano: 5MVA (Consumes 5MVA)
-Ogun: 7MVA (Consumes 1MVA)

Note: The sum of total consumption by States must not exceed 15MVA of the Injection Sub-station’s Transformer to avoid damage or tripping as a result of Over-load.

Since Anambra (17MVA) consumes more than Injection Substation Power Transformer of 15MVA, then LOCAL LOAD SHEDDING is going to be employed on the Feeder to avoid damage or trip on the Injection Substation Power Transformer due to over-load. At this point, some Substations (transformers) will be out of service.

This is a major reason you see some parts of your neighbourhood having light when you have not, and vice versa

This method is also applicable in Area that consumes more than the summed substations (transformers) supplying the Area.

A case study of an Area consuming 20MVA when the summed capacity of the substations (transformers) supplying the Area is 10MVA. This means that at least 10MVA load must be dropped so as to balance the grid so as to avoid damage of substations (transformers)

These are possibilities of operations on per day schedule;
(Giving out 15MVA)
After Anambra has been Locally load-shedded to 10MVA.
-Lagos (8MVA) + Ogun (5MVA) + Kano (1MVA) = 14MVA
-Anambra (10MVA) + Kano (5MVA) = 15MVA

Days Of Enjoyment On Each Feeder.
-Lagos: 3-4 days a week
-Anambra: 3-4 days a week, while local load-shedding goes on. It means some parts will have supply for 2-3 days a week.
-Ogun: 3-4 days a week
-Kano: 7 days a week

Note: Kano enjoys more supply because it has the lowest consumption rate, as Anambra suffers more as a result of Load Shedding and Local Load Shedding it suffers from.


2. Bypassing:
Like the happenings in some states, some Distribution Companies have decided to stop giving constant power supply due to shortage of revenue. Customers bypassing Pre-paid meter. Hence, consume more than they pay for.

What is the essence of the Company paying much when profit is not maximized.....they are still looking into the matter.

Note: Distribution Company pays Transmission Company (TCN), and Transmission Company (TCN) pays Generation Company.

3. System collapse:
This could be as a result of fault from Injection Substation or from TCN Station or from Generation Station (e.g. Shiroro)

4. Devil-May-Care Attitude:
Carelessness over the state of supply in your environment by not reporting to a nearby office if supply deteriorates. The efficiency and togetherness of the landlords and landladies go a longer way in this regard.

5. Damage:
Cases of Earth Fault, Over Current, Line-cut, dropped J&P, damaged fuse, damaged transformer, and the likes which could be due to vandalism, weather factor, etc

6. Unit Exhaustion:
Running out of Unit without knowing

7. Disconnection:
Termination of service cable as to non-remittance of bill.

8. Violence:
Fighting the officials on patrol, especially those conducting disconnection and. This could lead to black-out punishment.



You are free to add yours and ask questions.

onila:


Why did my father marry my mother?

he hates her, so much now
he sees her like vomit
calls her ugly all time
why marry her in the first place, hmmm

classicB:
it?

kokoA:
God bless and keep all those security men at eateries, banks, plazas, etc for us.. Those gallant men save countless lives every day. I'm a living witness You won't understand until better shyte catch you and you are still like 1 hour away from home.

eesy:
For saying thank you on instagram to a mere security man, I give him A1.

190theclown:
See your mouth like your relationships dont last

palma:
Sorry to disappoint you most ladies dont makeup to attract men but because they liked it. If you meet a girl and take her swimming on her first date it wont diminish her beauty and i know lots of ladies that swim. I am a makeup artist and married with two wonderful kids, makeup or not my husband appreciates me which is enough, so makeup does not stop a man from marrying whoever he likes, sorry to say this but makeup is not a new thing ask your mum she'll tell you how tiro was considered the in thing in those days. If you find my comment offensive sorry in advance.