Electricity crisis: More power plants shutdown
-The two shut plants are Shiroro Power Station in Niger State and Sapele II in Delta State
– Total national power generation stood at 2,774.2MW on Tuesday, April 5 down from 3,657.5MW on March 31
-The slide in power generation has worsened the blackout being experienced in many parts of the country as many consumers complained of outages lasting for hours on end
Electricity supply is very unstable in Nigeria – and electricity bills are still quite high.
Nigerians suffering might be far from over as the crisis rocking the nation’s electricity got worse following the shutdown of two more power generating plants.
Recall that 8 power plants are currently not generating any megawatts of electricity.
The two shut plants are Shiroro Power Station in Niger State and Sapele II in Delta State, Punch newspaper is reporting.
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According to the report, Shiroro power plant capacity was put at 600MW, while the Sapele plant capacity was put at 225MW with four units.
Meanwhile, total national power generation stood at 2,774.2MW on Tuesday, April 5 down from 3,657.5MW on March 31.
Also, power generation from Egbin, the nation’s biggest power station, was limited to 415MW due to gas constraints, down from 1,085MW on March 15.
The slide in power generation has worsened the blackout being experienced in many parts of the country as many consumers complained of outages lasting for hours on end.
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Plants not generating any megawatts of electricity included Sapele, Delta State, whose installed capacity was put at 240MW; Olorunsogo II in Ogun State, with a capacity of 625MW; Rivers IPP (180MW) and Trans-Amadi (75MW), both in Rivers State.
Others were Geregu I in Kogi; Afam IV & V in Rivers, and A.E.S and Asco, whose installed capacity were not given.
Meanwhile, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has debunked allegation that it was responsible for the current fuel scarcity in the country.
The national operations controller, Mr Mike Osatuyi, said a statement to that effect was credited to Mr. Lawson Ngoa, who he described as an agent of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources brought in to mediate in the internal crisis of the association.
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