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LAGOS – A new report has revealed that six National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) thermal power plants and scores of power substations have put paid to the nation’s power grid currently at about 7,600MW energy delivery capacity.
The NIPP project report from 2015 to 2021, also said Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), a key intervention agency in the power sector, contributed over 3,400 megawatts (MW) to the national grid and has delivered 22 substations since 2015.
It said that the NIPP programme is currently in its second phase that traverses transmission projects, distribution and renewable energy.
In the first phase, NDPHC which is owned by the three tiers of government kick started the first phase of NIPP with the construction of 10 gas-fired power plants, especially in the Niger Delta.
Electricity: NDPHC completes 22 sub stations, others
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By Udeme Akpan
THE Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC, a key intervention agency in the power sector, has contributed over 3,400 megawatts, MW, to the national grid, while delivering 22 substations, a new report has shown.
Specifically, the National Integrated Power Projects, NIPP project report from 2015 to 2021, obtained by Energy Vanguard, indicated that the NIPP programme is currently in its second phase that traverses transmission projects, distribution, and renewable energy.
Through six NIPP, the report disclosed that in the first phase, NDPHC, which is owned by the three tiers of government, kick-started the first phase of NIPP with the construction of 10 gas-fired power plants, which it calls ‘The Big Ten’, especially in the Niger Delta.
Power generation falls by 6.72% in 7 days
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By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja
Power generation fell by 6.72 percent in the past seven days to 4,536.3 mega watts on Saturday, latest data from the industry has shown.
Figures from System Operator, SO, a semi-autonomous sector under Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that at the start of the week on Sunday 16th May, generation stood at 4,863.6MW.
The fall was attributed to gas constraints and load rejection by electricity distribution companies, DisCos.
Close examination of the data also showed that generation was 4,730.6MW on Monday May 17. It fell further on last Tuesday by 0.67 percent to 4,698MW. Power generation fell again on last Wednesday by 2.21 percent to 4,536MW.
Punch Editorial Board Published 17 May 2021THE call for Expressions of Interest from investors to purchase five state-owned electricity power generation companies raises both hope and trepidation. The Bureau of Public Enterprises, on behalf of the National Council on Privatisation and the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, is putting the GenCos on the auction block as part of the ongoing reforms and the privatisation programme, to improve the.