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Jobs/Vacancies / Service Engineers At Abuja Electricity Distribution Company by osahonmk(m): 7:45pm On Jun 02, 2017
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ROLES

Supervises the activities of the line/Fault men in the maintenance of 11/33 KVA overhead lines.
Monitor all technical equipment within the Service Center.
Monitoring and ensuring prompt clearance of all faults and breakdown by linesmen.
Ensuring the safety of all equipment and personnel within the service centers.
Monitor weed clearing around sub-stations on 11/33kv overhead lines.
All other duties assigned by the Service Manager.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Minimum of National diploma in Engineering or related courses.
Minimum of 2 – 3 years cognate experience in the Power / technical Sector.
Computer literate.
ALL POSITIONS WITHIN AEDC REQUIRE:

Integrity and professionalism.
Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
Proficient in Microsoft office application.
Knowledge of OSHA standards, codes, and health/safety issues.
Good interpersonal and Communication skills.
Self-motivation and self-initiative.
Skills to do analyses and statistics.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION: THE FOLLOWING RULES APPLY WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION.


CLOSING DATE

The closing date is 16th June, 2017 at 5 pm GMT.

APPLY HERE
Jobs/Vacancies / Service Engineers At Abuja Electricity Distribution Company by osahonmk(m): 7:37pm On Jun 02, 2017
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ROLES

Supervises the activities of the line/Fault men in the maintenance of 11/33 KVA overhead lines.
Monitor all technical equipment within the Service Center.
Monitoring and ensuring prompt clearance of all faults and breakdown by linesmen.
Ensuring the safety of all equipment and personnel within the service centers.
Monitor weed clearing around sub-stations on 11/33kv overhead lines.
All other duties assigned by the Service Manager.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Minimum of National diploma in Engineering or related courses.
Minimum of 2 – 3 years cognate experience in the Power / technical Sector.
Computer literate.
ALL POSITIONS WITHIN AEDC REQUIRE:

Integrity and professionalism.
Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
Proficient in Microsoft office application.
Knowledge of OSHA standards, codes, and health/safety issues.
Good interpersonal and Communication skills.
Self-motivation and self-initiative.
Skills to do analyses and statistics.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION: THE FOLLOWING RULES APPLY WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION.


CLOSING DATE

The closing date is 16th June, 2017 at 5 pm GMT.

APPLY HERE
Jobs/Vacancies / Marketing Supervisor At Abuja Electricity Distribution Company by osahonmk(m): 7:00pm On Jun 02, 2017
This person will be reporting to the Senior Manager Commercial Services to provide effective leadership to all Field Marketers in the Service Centre and will lead and provide the required support for the achievement of set targets.

KEY ROLES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensure that Customers’ meters are accurately read and input submitted for capturing before or on the agreed timeline.
Ensure that all bills received are distributed within the agreed timeline
Ensure effective monitoring of Prepaid Meters
Identify consumer’s details and report same for relevant and proper capturing
Raise Customer Records Maintenance Document (CRMD) for new Customers.
Present relevant Commercial Customers for upgrading into Meter Demand (MD) Customer.
Ensure that all Customers in the Service Centre are place on the appropriate tariff classification.
Compilation of daily, weekly and monthly input for billing.
Monitoring of Marketers Daily Dashboard to monitor the performance of Field Marketers.
Upgrading of relevant Commercial Customers into Meter Demand (MD) .

QUALIFICATIONS
At least 8 years of proven experience as Field Marketer within the utility sector.
Proven experience of working in a multicultural & dynamic environment.
Bachelor degree in Marketing or related discipline.
Sound organizational skills.
Great team player and sound interpersonal skills.
Customer orientation and ability to adapt/respond to different types of characters.
Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
Proficient with MS Office applications.

ALL POSITIONS WITHIN AEDC REQUIRE:
Integrity and professionalism.
Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft office application.
Knowledge of OSHA standards, codes, and health/safety issues.
Good interpersonal and Communication skills.
Self-motivation and self-initiative.
Statistical and analytical skills.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.


CLOSING DATE
The closing date is 23rd June, 2017 at 5 pm GMT.

APPLY HERE
Politics / 35 Turbines Out As Electricity Generation Hits 4,464MW by osahonmk(m): 7:03am On May 30, 2017
About 2,514mw of electricity cannot be utilised due to 35 idle generation turbines across 15 Generation Companies (GenCos), even as the national grid peaked at 4,464 megawatts (mw) last Sunday shortly before the Democracy Day celebration.

The causes of the unutilised electricity were traced to non-availability of gas to power, line constraints and high frequency caused by the loss of DisCos’ feeders.

The Nigerian System Operator (NSO) statistics showed that the grid was at 4,052mw yesterday when government commemorated the two years of the present administration.

However, the lowest generation for the previous day, being Sunday was at 3,483mw during the hours of low electricity utilisation.

Nigeria at present has 11,165mw of installed capacity but can generate 7,139mw with adequate gas supply to the about 23 available gas-fired power stations. While transmission facilities can evacuate 7,000mw of the power, the network capability, especially at the Distribution Companies (DisCos), can only take 5,500mw, the statistics indicated.

Further statistics obtained from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) showed that 2,514mw was not utilised at the weekend because 35 turbines went out of operation across 15 power plants.

Analysis shows that nine power stations lost 1,932mw from 29 gas starved turbines. Five National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) plants lost 1,355mw from 11 idle turbines. Geregu NIPP lost 290mw as its two turbines were down; Olorunsogo NIPP lost 360mw due to three idle turbines, and Alaoji NIPP’s two turbines were down, losing 240mw.

Two turbines in Omotosho NIPP did not work; losing 240mw while Ihovbor NIPP also lost two turbines that could have produced 225mw.

The other four plants affected by gas lost 577mw as 18 turbines were down. Egbin Power lost 305mw due to three non-performing turbines; Delta Power had 12 idle turbines and also lost 82mw; Omotosho Gas lost 152mw from four idle turbines, and Olorunsogo Gas lost 38mw as a turbine was down.

Another 347mw was lost to transmission line constraint in three power plants and three idle turbines. Afam VI’s turbine lost out 200mw, Ibom Power’s turbine lost 35mw, and Gbarain NIPP’s turbine lost 112mw. The loss of DisCos’ feeders was said to have triggered high frequency in the system network which affected three other plants and their three turbines as they lost 235mw. Shiroro hydropower lost 125mw, Jebba hydropower lost 90mw and Delta Power lost 20mw.

http://www.energywatchng.com/35-turbines-generation-hit-4464mw/
Politics / No Hope For Nigeria Power Sector – Senate by osahonmk(m): 6:35am On May 25, 2017
The Nigeria Senate had a critical talk and review of the progress made after privatization of the Power Sector following a debate and discussions on a motion moved by Senator Dino Melaye (APC Kogi West), entitled “DISCOs, electricity consumers and the burden of over-billing.”

AS the Senate began discussions on the power sector in Nigeria, yesterday, a very gloomy picture was painted by senators who came to the conclusion that there was no hope of Nigeria coming out of its present power crisis.

The Senate, which noted that the power sector was in dire need of emergency response, said Nigerians would not have steady power supply because the distribution companies were bankrupt and could not, therefore, procure meters.

Consequently, the upper chamber asked that the privatisation of the sector be revisited without delay.
Senate chamber

Melaye, in his motion, said the burden of over-billing shouldered by electricity consumers in the country, even in the face of epileptic power supply by Distribution Companies, DISCOs, was totally unacceptable.

He also urged the Senate to mandate the Committee on Power to look into the astronomical electricity billing by DISCOs across the country and asked the Senate to urge the National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to call DISCOS to stop forthwith the practice of estimated billing.

As Daily Electricity Generation rises to 4, 197.50 MW

Melaye had at plenary on Tuesday, promised to present the motion after drawing the attention of senators to the exorbitant estimated billings being forced on consumers by the DISCOs.

In his contribution, Senator Ben Murray- Bruce, PDP, Bayelsa East, made it clear that with the manner the privatisation was carried out, operators in the power sector, such as DISCOs, were in serious difficulty.

Therefore, he recommended that the Senate prevailed on government to revisit the privatisation.

Murray-Bruce, who declared that Nigerians have a catastrophe in their hands as far as the sector was concerned, said those currently running the sector were technically deficient due to a lot of factors not envisaged at the time the privatization was executed.

He said: “They are technically bankrupt, unless we revisit the entire privatization process, unless we understand and dissect what went wrong, we will still get estimated billing.

“We have a catastrophe on our hands, there will be no power in Nigeria until the current structure is reviewed.

“Those who privatised the sector did not imagine that naira will be devalued from N160 to about N400 now. Those who invested in the business thought it was like a company where they will make a lot of money.

‘’I believe they only had enough money to pay the federal government and make the initial investment; they did not have the capacity to run a power sector company in a modern economy.”

In his contribution, Senator Mustapha Bukar, APC, Katsina North, while lamenting the ugly situation of the power sector, said that going by realities on ground in the sector, the country was sitting on an emergency without any sign of immediate solution.

According to him, though the nation has capacity for generation over 12,000mega watts, only 4,000mw have been achieved at any time, out of which 1,800mw are paid for by consumers, making the providers to be in perpetual indebtedness.

Senator Bukar, who is the Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, said: “The problem we have is the inefficiency within the system which we have actually so far not decided to address.

‘’ I will give you a small example: Nigeria has an installed capacity of 12,522 Megawatts of power. We have non-available capacity of 5,300; we have non-operational capacity of 3,180; meaning that the amount that is actually available is just over 4,000 Megawatts out of 12,500.

“We have transmission loss of 228, we have distribution loss of 447 Megawatts. At the end of the day, only 3,800 Megawatts reach the consumer. And we have commercial loss of more than 36 percent.

“So, what is actually being paid for out of the over 3,000 Megawatts is only 1,800 Megawatts. So unless and until we decide to look at these inefficiency within the value chain, there is no way we can have better electricity generation, distribution and also billing system in the country.



http://www.energywatchng.com/no-hope-nigeria-power-sector-senate/

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Politics / Nigeria To Generate 10,000 MW Of Electricity By 2020 – FG by osahonmk(m): 6:42am On May 24, 2017
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Dr Udoma Udo Udoma, said this in a keynote address at the second Kano Economic and Investment Summit in Kano on Tuesday.

The summit is part of activities organised by Kano State Government to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the state.

Udoma said the Federal Government had also planed to improve the power sector generation capacity to 10, 000MW through the renewable energy sources, enhanced transmission equipment’s and a more effective distribution network.

According to him, the government is committed to reviving the manufacturing sector, to achieve an annual growth of 8.5 per cent to meet 10.6 per cent growth rate by 2020.

“We also intend to achieve self sufficiency in petroleum products during the period.

“we also want to be exporter of some key agricultural products such as rice, groundnut, cassava and vegetable oil, among others.

He said the Federal Government intended to create no fewer than 15 million jobs for the unemployed persons in the country as part of efforts to fight poverty particularly among the youth.

He said based on the plan, 3.7 million jobs would be created annually to address the unemployment challenges in the country.

“If you get people out of poverty, you must provide them with jobs, hence our commitment to provide jobs,”he said.

He disclosed that the Federal Government had set aside certain amount of money in this year’s budget to provide infrastructure for the revival of the free trade zone in Kano.

He said this would give exporters in Kano the opportunity to take advantage of the funds.

The minister, who commended Kano State Government for initiating the summit, said the Federal Government would continue to support such giant strides aimed at promoting economic growth in the country.

“Federal Government is encouraged by the effort of many states for the progress they are making in agricultural sector of the economy.

http://www.energywatchng.com/nigeria-generate-10-000mw-electricity-2020-fg/
Jobs/Vacancies / Customer Relations Officer At Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company by osahonmk(m): 6:30am On May 19, 2017
Location: Ibadan

Job Description

To effectively coordinate the distribution of IBEDC’s customer bills and facilitate revenue collection.
Responsibilities
General:

Meter reading and management of meter reading books
Handling of service connection like application
Detecting illegal service connection
Pursuing the collection of bad debts
Disconnection/ reconnection
Explaining estimated billings
Explaining sensitive issues such as tariff changes
Reporting faulty/ defective meters
Legalizing non-registered consumers
Disseminating load shedding schedules
Other commercial functions


Specific:

Embarks on field trips to read customer meters for capture on approved billing/reading sheets and liaises with relevant departments to generate customer bills
Distributes customer bills within required timeframe – ensures timely and effective distribution of customer bills
Establishes, develops and maintains business relationships with current customers to ensure high customer satisfaction
Identifies prospective customers (unregistered customers, new businesses, etc.) and ensures they are adequately captured in the customer database
Attends to customer queries/complaints on the field and escalates to proper channels to ensure such complaints are captured and addressed accordingly
Assist in meeting revenue targets for Business hubs – participates in revenue collection activities according to company policies and stipulated regulations to meet set revenue targets
Escalates revenue leakage issues to the relevant departments when identified e.g. illegal connections, tampering of meters, etc.
Keeps abreast of market trends and supplies management with insights on customer needs, problems, interests and innovative ways for service delivery
Get customers both old and new on metering including the CAPMI scheme


Qualifications and Requirements
Educational Qualification:

A good Bachelor/OND or equivalent in any field. Social Sciences, Arts, Administration is preferred.
Desired Experience

At least 2 years of experience in a marketing role (esp. field based distribution)


Competence Requirements:

Understanding of the business of IBEDC and related businesses in the electricity sector
Strong Customer Relation Management skills
Knowledge of billing/collection practices, procedures
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite and relevant billing applications utilized by IBEDC
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Good interpersonal, persuasion, negotiation and communications skills
Good analytical and numerical skills with the proven ability to pay attention to detail.
Goal Oriented.


How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

Application Deadline: 30th May, 2017.
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Jobs/Vacancies / Power Expert At Mckinsey & Company by osahonmk(m): 8:25am On May 16, 2017
Job Position: Power Expert – Nigeria Infrastructure Programme


Location: Lagos

Industries: Public Sector

Functions: Strategy


Who You’ll Work With

You will work on our Nigeria Infrastructure Programme and will be based in Lagos.

Building on the success of the two earlier phases, the programme will provide high quality embedded and short-term expertise to Nigerian government and regulatory counterparts to support improved delivery of infrastructure services.
We will only contact eligible candidates for interview. No phone calls please. McKinsey is an equal opportunity employer.
What You’ll Do
You will be responsible for advancing programme’s work on power sector reform, specifically in the areas of electricity market implementation, sector regulation and the commercial framework.

You will guide specific areas of the programme based on expertise (e.g., power, governance, investment) and will design, manage, and deliver technical assistance projects related to those specific areas. You will support Nigeria’s power sector reform and power privatisation processes, working closely with the regulator and the bulk trader.
You will be responsible for leading knowledge management and communications within you areas of specialisation, as well as ensuring an effective monitoring and evaluation system for within your areas of specialisation with a strong learning component.
Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree
Experience working in power and energy projects in senior management / advisory / strategic positions
Deep understanding of power sector reform including unbundling, restructuring and introduction of private sector participation in the developing world
Familiar with the structures, institutional roles and responsibilities within a liberalised power sector and market
Understanding of behaviours and incentive structures for Government and licensees within a regulated power sector
Developing world power sector experience essential; African power sector experience positive
Experience overseeing reform programmes in some or all of the following spheres: Utilities restructuring & organisational reform in preparation for private sector participation; Transactional support for Independent Power Producer (IPP) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) transaction across the power value chain; Power procurement and system planning; Improving the investment environment across power value chain; Electricity market operation; Regulatory capacity building and organisational turn-around; Tariff analysis, modelling and setting; Familiarity with industry agreements (PPAs, Vesting Contracts, TUOS, Grid Codes & Ancillary Service Agreements), and Development of Energy Access and Rural Electrification Programmes
Sector reform planning and Roadmap Development


Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Click here to apply online
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Jobs/Vacancies / Vacancy – Junior Software Developer (J2EE) At Ikeja Electric by osahonmk(m): 5:13pm On May 09, 2017
Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) – Buoyed by a mission to redefine customer experience and be the provider of choice wherever energy is consumed, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Plc (Ikeja Electric), Nigeria’s largest power distribution network powers lives and businesses with innovation and unwavering drive for excellence.

Role Purpose

The Junior Software Developer will work under the supervision of the Team Lead, Enterprise Application Development and will be accountable for developing and maintaining key modules of Integrated Software Solutions that deliver true business value. The incumbent must be familiar with Java programming.

Lagos Full time

Responsibilities
Work in a team of software developers to carry out ongoing customization of the company’s integrated application system as well development of other web-based applications to support business processes and functions
Deliver excellent code quality in a collaborative team environment, typically working in small development project groups
Communicate as required with internal and external stakeholders within the company, to capture requirements and troubleshoot issues relating to development and support
Liaise with other members of the software development team to collaborate on, and continuously improve the technical capabilities, processes and knowledge of the development team

Minimum qualifications
B.Sc. Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
Experience building and integrating mobile applications with enterprise application systems
Experience with test-driven development

Technical Competencies
Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
Expert level knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Ability to learn new tools and technologies
Experience in MySQL or PostgreSQL and excellent knowledge of SQL, and optimization
Skill for writing reusable Java libraries
Knowledge of concurrency patterns in Java
Possess a firm grasp of algorithms and data structures
Familiarity with concepts of MVC, JDBC, and RESTful API development and web security
Experience with popular web application frameworks, such as Play, Spring and spark
Knack for writing clean, readable Java code
Experience with both external and embedded databases
Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
Basic understanding of the class loading mechanism in Java
Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
Basic understanding of JVM, its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle
Familiarity with continuous integration

Behavioral Competencies
Flexible, motivated, able to adapt in a dynamic environment, able to communicate effectively with certain other development team members; pro-active in finding new ways for improvement

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Politics / Electricity Tariff May Rise In July 2017 by osahonmk(m): 12:52pm On May 09, 2017
Electricity tariff may rise in July as the Federal Government considers options to revive the ailing power sector by injecting $7.6 billion (about N2.4 trillion) in five years.

The details are contained in the Power Sector Recovery Plan (PSRP), a document formulated in March by the Office of the Vice President and the World Bank Group (WBG). The Working Group for the implementation is being coordinated by the SSA to the President on Power at the Office of the VP, Damilola Ogunbiyi, and the Lead Energy Specialist at WBG, Kyran O’Sullivan.

The federal government considers recovering the $7.6bn fund by way of hiking the present electricity tariff outlined in the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) 2015. It has considered four options and the Working Group is making a decision on which of the hike options to adopt shortly, the Daily Trust learnt.

The first tariff hike option is to freeze tariffs for all classes of electricity customers until July 2019. Although the present administration may have left office then, government still believes this decision will help it recover the N2.4trn ($7.6bn) it is sinking into the sector from now to 2021.

Option B of the PSRP is to hike tariffs for all classes of customers by January 2018. This it said will fetch about N1.7trn (about $5.4bn) of the fund to be spent in the 5-year period. However, a balance of $2.2bn (N697.4bn) may not be recovered within the period.

The third tariff hike option which is the most urgent is to increase tariffs in July 2017 (two months from now). This decision if taken will fetch the federal government about N1.3tr ($4.1bn) to support the sector in the 5year period. Government may still have to contend with recovering $3.5bn (N1.1trn) balance.

The fourth option is to hike tariffs by 50 per cent in July 2017 for industrial customers only. The non-vulnerable residential and low commercial customers will see the hike by January 2018 while the vulnerable ones (customers in the lowest class) will see a hike by July 2019. Government believes taking the decision could raise N2.3tr ($5.9bn), leaving a balance of $1.7bn (N538.9bn).

The PSRP team’s survey tests these options to determine the support from the public and the political backings. The research shows that Option 3 of hiking tariff in the next two months to generate N1.3tr will have zero political and public support, but with high support from the $7.6bn intervention funders (mostly AfDB and WBG).

Option 1 to generate N2.4tr will have medium political and public support, with low support from the funders.

Option 2 which will fetch N1.7trn FG support will have low support from politicians and public and a medium from the funders; Option 4 (N1.9tr) tariff increase for industrial customers only will have medium political support and high support from the public and the funders (lenders).

Government traced causes of the present liquidity crisis in the sector to consumers’ apathy to pay bills in post privatisation, poor regulatory compliance, foreign exchange fluctuations, vandalism among others.

It said the result was epileptic power supply that causes the Nigerian economy to lose $29.3bn (N9.2trn) annually. The factors have also caused an electricity market shortfall of N470bn and a tariff shortfall of N458bn between 2015 and 2016.

Government which still has a 40 per cent stake in the power sector utilities privatised on November 1, 2013, plans to spend $1.5bn (N475.5bn) annually from 2017 to 2021, estimated at $7.6bn in five years.

To source this fund, the exclusive report shows that there will be budget allocation of $3.50bn (N1.1trn), the sales of 10 plants under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs) for $2.1bn (N665.7bn); sourcing loans of $1bn (N317bn) each from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank during the period.

The Daily Trust analysis reveals that on the statutory budget, about $700 million (N221.9bn) must be allocated annually till 2021 to meet this specific target. The 2017 budget proposal presently before the National Assembly has N564bn allocation for the power sector which is N343bn higher than the annual benchmark, if specifically directed to the recovery targets.

Experts differ on implementation, tariff hike

In his views, Mr. Emeka Okupara of Nextier Power, a power sector advisory firm in Abuja told our reporter that there should be an independent body to implement the PSRP. He said, “I believe there needs to be an independent and competent body that have the authority to be able to sanction any group that is not conforming.”

For the tariff hike plans, Okupara said such immediate attempt will receive a huge kickback from the public. “Increasing the tariff may not change anything if the collection deficiency is not addressed. The Distribution Company (DisCos) would need to do a better job on their collections before you talk increase.

Electricity sector advocate and analyst, Mr Kunle Olubiyo said before the injection of funds, the sector must take three immediate approaches: “Escrow the account of the operators for three months for a midterm forensic audit to determine the Inflow and outflow to know what should be supported from experts’ review of the Aggregate Technical, Collection and Commercial (ATC & C) losses,” he advised.




http://www.energywatchng.com/electricity-tariff-may-rise-july-2017-2/
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Politics / Outage On Tcn’s Onitsha-alaoji 330kv Lines Caused Darkness In PH — PHED by osahonmk(m): 9:18am On May 01, 2017
Fresh deatils has emerged on why there had been series of electricity outages in Port Harcourt and environs.

A statement by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company’s (PHED) spokesperson, Mr. John Onyi, linked the blackout to the forced outage on the Onitsha-Alaoji 330kv Transmission lines belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria.

He explained that the development had affected areas like Nzimiro, Port Harcourt Township, Forces Avenue and Reclamation.

The statement noted that “The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company wishes to inform her esteemed customers that the outage being experienced in some parts of Port Harcourt is as a result of a fault that occurred on the Onitsha-Alaoji 330kv lines belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria”.

“The outage affected the following areas: Government, Nzimiro, Port Harcourt Township, Forces Avenue and Reclamation.

“Others areas affected are Dioubu, Sangana, Uyo Street, D-line, Okija, Afam Street, Warri Street, Emenike Street, Illoabuchi, Ojoto, UST and G.R.A Phase 2.”

However, there were signs that the TCN crew had swung into action with a view to rectifying the fault and restoring normal power supply as soon as possible.

http://www.energywatchng.com/outage-tcns-onitsha-alaoji-330kv-lines-caused-darkness-ph-phed/
Politics / Gencos Unpaid Invoices Hit N500bn – Ogaji by osahonmk(m): 10:57am On Apr 28, 2017
The 26 electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) in Nigeria have said the federal government is owing them about N500bn debt, just as they spend N36 billion monthly to produce electricity.

The Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), Dr Joy Ogaji, who revealed this in Abuja, also said the generation firms support FG’s call for a centralised revenue account which would promote transparency in the sector.

Ogaji said the GenCos were not consulted by government on the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) N701bn fund meant to ease generation liquidity issues between January 2017 and 2019. She hinted that the GenCos get over N36bn monthly invoice on gas and other services, and that the N701bn will not be enough for just two years of adequate power generation.

She said about N100bn of the debt was owed the GenCos between November 1, 2013 to January 2015 by the Market Operator, a section in the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The rest she said is owed by NBET.

The GenCos spokesperson said the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) are trustees on revenue collection in the electricity market. They remitted only 30 per cent of their monthly energy invoices in 2016, and that added to the liquidity constraints affecting power generation.

She said the fund of DisCos is not their personal money and that the poor remittances from them has crippled the value-chain from meeting up with gas obligations and more power generation.


http://www.energywatchng.com/gencos-unpaid-invoices-hit-n500bn-ogaji/
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Politics / Re: Daily Electricity Generation Update by osahonmk(m): 1:52pm On Apr 26, 2017
Electricity Generation on 25/04/2017

Peak Generation 4,059.40 MW

Lowest Generation 3,222.50 MW

Total Energy Sent Out 89,285.66 MWH



For Previous records check:

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Politics / Re: Daily Electricity Generation Update by osahonmk(m): 3:35pm On Apr 24, 2017
Electricity Generation on 22/04/2017

Peak Generation 4,518.20 MW

Lowest Generation 3,017.50 MW

Total Energy Sent Out 90,458.09 MWH


For Previous records check:

http://www.energywatchng.com/daily-generation/
Politics / Re: Daily Electricity Generation Update by osahonmk(m): 3:34pm On Apr 24, 2017
WHICH AREA ARE YOU?
stonemasonn:
The past 3days has been terrible, are you sure the peak generation is not 0 MW.

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