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TCN blames current power shedding on vandals

By on June 29, 2013

The General Manager (Public Affairs) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Dave Ifabiyi, has blamed the current load shedding being experienced in the country on the activities of vandals on two major gas pipelines.

“There is a total generation loss of 1,598 megawatts of electricity,” Ifabiyi said in a statement issued, on Friday, in Abuja.

“The total power generation as at today is 2,290 megawatts. With this low level generation, the operation and control of the system is at a major challenge.”

He further revealed that the disruption, which specifically affected Rivers State Independent Power Station, would soon be corrected.

Ifabiyi explained that the vandalised gas pipelines take supply from different plants, saying one took supply from the Okoloma gas plant while the other took supply from Escravos.

He said the loss occurred when NGC could not move gas to Afam IV and VI generation plants as well as the Independent Power Plant in Rivers State, adding that the second vandalised gas pipeline from Escravos to Warri was responsible for the cutback of 1,005 megawatts in power generation from Egbin station.
He revealed that Olorunsogo, Omotosho and Geregu power generating plants were also affected by the power drop.

The country’s power generation capacity recently hit 6,000 megawatts, according to the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo. He, however, projected a generation of between 10,000 MW and 20,000MW in 2014 and 2016 respectively for the country.

 
[Nigerian Telegraph]