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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.

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CLOSING DATE

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

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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.

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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.

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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/

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/

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/

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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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.

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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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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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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/

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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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:

http://www.energywatchng.com/daily-generation/

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/

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Eleven electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) rejected 10,200 megawatts (mw) allocation in one month, industry figures have shown.

This is coming at a time the country is experiencing low generation of electricity due to gas supply constraints.

The incident happened mid February and extended to the second week of March.

The DisCos were allocated a total of 75,021mw within the period but they accepted 65,729mw which they distributed to the end users.

However, the difference of 10,200mw was rejected by different DisCos per time.

Data obtained exclusively by the Daily Trust indicated that a few DisCos in February and March took excess power totalling 780mw.

Analysis by our reporter shows that Ikeja and Benin DisCos topped the list of the highest load rejecters as they did that for over three times in the period.

On February 15, being the first day of the period in focus, the industry statistics showed that the 11 DisCos were allocated 3868.38mw based on the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) 2015 Allocation table.

They consumed 3151mw, leaving out 769mw. Benin and Ikeja DisCos rejected the highest load of 171mw and 159mw, while Yola DisCo rejected 9.62mw being the lowest.

On the last day of the period being March 14, 2017, the DisCos got 3,640mw allocation but consumed 3,038mw.

A balance of 607mw was turned down that day. Ibadan DisCo topped the list with 184mw while Yola DisCo, now a public-driven utility firm again rejected the least of 16mw electricity loads.

Reactions trailing the rejection

Complaints of load rejection have been heavy since the period in focus began. Spokesperson for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Seun Olagunju in a recent statement said its System Operations – Osogbo arm directed Generation Companies (GenCos) to ramp down on production to stabilise the system due to many load rejection.

Confirming this, statistics obtained from the operators of Kainji Hydro GenCo show that due to the ramping down of load, it lost 1,420mw in just six days in March.

But in an exclusive interview and a later briefing, the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) speaking through the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) revealed reasons for the claimed load rejection.

ANED’s Director of Research and Advocacy, Barrister Sunday Oduntan explained that TCN often defies the daily load schedules of the DisCos by transmitting electricity to where DisCos have low distribution needs, leaving out the high areas of electricity demand.

He said: “The issue is about wrong dumping of load where the DisCos cannot recover the cost at that point as the power supply is not always enough for all the customers under a particular DisCo.”

An Abuja based Power Efficiency advocate, Mr. Odey Haruna said the 10,200mw rejected load is enough to power many industries for weeks, thereby creating productivity and leaving huge economic impacts.

http://www.energywatchng.com/amist-epileptic-power-supply-discos-rejected-10200-megawatts-1-month/

Irked by what it called the outrageous billing and epileptic power supply, among other inhuman acts against electricity consumers in the state, the Enugu State House of Assembly on Friday asked the management of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) to shut down its operations and vacate the state.

The lawmakers also asked electricity consumers in the state to stop further payment of over-bloated electricity bills, while asking that a state of emergency be declared in the activities of EEDC.

Other states in the south-east including Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo were also asked to take drastic action against the company by declaring state of emergency against them.

They also ordered the chairman of the company, Sir Emeka Ofor, and the managing director to appear before its six-man ad hoc committee to explain the company’s activities in the state.

This came as hundreds of electricity consumers in Enugu state early on Friday staged a protest to the House of Assembly over incessant power outage, outrageous billing, alarming tariff among other forms of alleged exploitative activities of the EEDC.

The protesters who displayed numerous placards with various inscriptions, had called on the lawmakers, to as a matter of urgency intervene on the issue while also demanding for the exit of the EEDC.

They claimed that the company since inception, had continued to make life unbearable for citizens of the state.

In adopting a five-point motion on matter of urgent important moved by Hon. Chinedu Nwamba representing Nsukka East State Constituency at a special sitting of the House, the lawmakers decried the activities of the Distribution Company, noting that rather than make lives meaningful for the people, it had continued to exploit the people.

The House urged the state government to liaise with the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to validate the quality of the new metres they are currently supplying the public to know if the setting was commensurate with the unit consumption.

They also lamented the discriminatory billing system against Enugu and other states in the south east, adding that while Distribution Companies in Abuja and Lagos were charging less and distributing power, the EEDC had continued to exploit the people with high bills without providing the needed power supply.

Contributing to the motion, the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Donatus Uzogbado said the state was no longer ready to continue with EEDC adding “we have an endemic problem in our hands. The privatisation has become a bigger problem. We’ve entered a one-chance flying vehicle with an unknown destination. The billing system leaves a lot to be desired. I support the call for state of emergency, we don’t need EEDC any more here. I pass vote of no confidence on them”.

Speaking before setting up a six-man ad hoc committee to conduct public hearings in the three senatorial zones of the state, the Speaker, Edward Ubosi described the activities of EEDC as nothing short of “digital fraud”, adding that it had become so bad that electricity bill had become more than house rents.

The six-man ad hoc committee to conduct public hearing is headed by the Deputy Speaker, Uzogbado, with Honourables SKC Ude Okoye, Emeka Ogbuabor, Philip Nnamani, Chuka Eneh and Chinedu Nwamba.

Meanwhile, the spokesman for the protesters, Mr. Eze Ajuluchukwu, said we” are tired of this EDCC mess, and that is why we are calling on members of the Enugu state House of Assembly to rise up and do something about this ugly issue.

Eze, who described EDDC as an anti-human company, stressed that “we are giving them two options, it is either they give us electricity or they leave Enugu state.

The masses according to him, were being exploited on daily basis by EEDC, and by their actions, the company was sabotaging the economic growth of the state.

As at the time of filling this report, the protesters had occupied the Assembly complex, insisting that the State would no longer condone the activities of the EEDC.

The aggrieved electricity consumers equally asked the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency undertake a review of the privatization ‎of the power sector in Nigeria, as the EEDC lacked the capacity to manage electricity distribution in south- East Nigeria.

Some of the placards displayed by the protesters read thus: “EEDC stop defrauding us, pack your load and go” we are tired of irregular billing system”

“Our industries are folding on daily basis because of no power” we cannot take this anymore, Say no to EEDC”

“We can no longer stand and watch EEDC make us poor, they have forced many people out of their businesses” among other placards.

http://www.energywatchng.com/enugu-assembly-orders-eedc-leave-state-crazy-billing/

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After what seems like an improvement in power generation in recent weeks, supply dropped to an average of 3,800 megawatts yesterday, Energywatchng investigation has revealed.

Before yesterday’s drop, average daily supply had exceeded 4,000 megawatts, with daily peak generation hitting 4,452 megawatts on March 23.

The daily operational report of the power sector showed that peak generation was 4,199.50 megawatts on March 30 and 4,244.70 on March 31.

However, on April 1, the situation worsened as peak generation was 3,995.60 while 3,491.40 was the lowest generation, according to the operational report.

The situation showed no significant improvement yesterday as an average of 3,800 megawatts was allocated to the 11 distribution companies, while 3,897.40 megawatts was sent to the grid by 06 a.m. yesterday, according to data by the Nigeria Electricity System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

As power generation continues the cyclic rise and drop, the generation and distribution companies (DISCOS) have blamed poor supply on gas shortages and grid instability caused by weak transmission infrastructure; the TCN blamed the Discos for rejecting power allocated to them.

However, gas suppliers have argued that there is enough gas to generate power but that the generation companies (Gencos) cannot pay for gas.

But the Gencos have insisted that they are not able to pay for gas because they are being owed for the power they generated into the national grid.

The Managing Director of Egbin Power Plc, Mr. Dallas Peavey, had reportedly threatened to shut down operations this week as a result of non-settlement of N110 billion debt; inadequate gas supply and what the company called the inefficiency in operations of the TCN.

He told journalists recently that the country was heading towards another blackout as liquidity, transmission and gas supply issues had forced the 1,320MW capacity Egbin to be generating only 350MW at the moment.

Peavy insisted that Egbin had hit a generation of 1,100 megawatts but that the grid could not take the power because of the capability issues within the TCN system.

“We are constrained and limited to generate about 350MW daily due to both TCN system operations and inadequate gas supply issues. So, 70 per cent of our output is lost because available power can’t be evacuated. When you get good news from TCN that you can increase your generation, we will be faced with not ‘enough gas; and when there is gas, you have TCN issues,” Peavey reportedly said.

He said another challenge was the inadequate gas supply to generate at optimal capacity as well as the huge debts owed the company by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Traders (NBET) and Market Operator.

http://www.energywatchng.com/electricity-generation-drops-3800mw-gencos-threatening-shutdown/

LAGOS – Nigerians maybe soon face more blackout as the management of Egbin Power Plc is considering shutting its operation due to inadequate gas supply, inefficiency in operations of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN) and the sum of N110billion owed the company by Federal Government through Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET) and market operator.

With 1,320 MW installed capacity,the station is the largest power generating asset in the country.

Managing Director of the company,Mr.Dallas Peavey,who made the threat at a press conference yesterday said Nigeria risked another blackout if the issues raised were not addressed in few weeks.

He lamented that the huge debt had unsettled his company in recent time,adding:“we owe the gas companies and have others like our technical partners (KEPCO) to pay, and importantly our lenders, the banks.

“We have made massive investments in making the plant readily available to generate electricity sustainably but unfortunately, we can’t break even due to the gross inefficiency in the value chain.

“The government guarantees to pay us for every megawatt we generate and sell to NBET but they have not done that.’’

Peavey, said the company had reached 1,100 MW while the installed capacity is 1, 320 MW, adding that the grid could not take the power due to hitch within the Transmission Company of Nigeria system.

“We just got paid for the month of December, 2016, three months later and we were only paid a paltry 28 per cent of the total 100 percent of the verified and accepted invoice for that month. That is how the outstanding debts kept accumulating for three and half years now.”

He explained that these unbearable business operating circumstances and conditions would force the company to shut down any moment.

“That is the simple but bitter truth. Let me be honest, if Egbin fails, it’s going to be dark as Egbin provides close to 30 percent of Nigeria’s power, so let the required intervention be completed and urgently too.

“Egbin power plant is one of the biggest single power generating stations in Africa, with an installed capacity of 1320 MW, consisting of 6 units of 220MW each.

“Following the conclusion of the government’s privatization exercise in November 2013, the consortium formed by the partnership between New Electricity Distribution Company and the Korean Electric Power Corporation (NEDC/KEPCO) acquired Egbin Power plc,‘’ Peavey said.

http://www.energywatchng.com/egbin-power-plant-threatens-shutdown-operations-n110bn-debt/

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, assured residents of the state that a section of the state would, begin to enjoy 24 hours electricity supply in the next six months, following a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between the state government and an Independent Power Project, IPP, to generate five megawatts of electricity.

Governor Obaseki gave the assurance while flagging off the National Industrial Skills Development Programme, NISDP, a collaborative effort between the government and the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, to train 500 youths in the state on Information Communication Technology, fashion design, pastry, welding and fabrication.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Osarodion Ogie, the governor said the IPP company had started construction, noting that in six months, some of the trainees would have become entrepreneurs and would utilise the 24 hours electricity supply to boost their businesses.

“In six months, Edo State Government intends to provide 24 hours electricity to some sections of the state and this will be made possible through the MoU signed with an IPP company which has already started construction,” he said.

Some of you will become employers of labour. You will begin to run shifts for 24 hours, having people working for you day and night”.

Meanwhile, he reiterated that the Obaseki-led administration’s dream for the state included having entrepreneurs and skilled people, who would be able to set up their own businesses and become employers of labour thereby contributing to the development of the state

http://www.energywatchng.com/edo-state-24hrs-electricity-six-months-obaseki/