Category: Power

List of 60 Areas In Lagos Newly Upgraded to Band A For 20 Hrs Daily Supply

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. NERC Okays 60 Feeders Upgrade For EKEDC, Ups Number On Band A To 134   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved the upgrade of 60 additional feeders of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, bringing the total to 134. Platforms Africa reports that the upgrade follows a review of the feeders in line with their capabilities to give the customers classified under the feeder at least 20 hours of power supply daily. The list The feeders are Agbara Local T5, Agbara Local T6, Beecham, Medallion Data Centre, Custom 2,…

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Nigeria Sinks Power Sale, Export For Togo, Benin, Niger To 6%

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. NERC reads riot act, states why, how system operator will be penalised for violations of grid instructions on new cap of load allocation to int’l off-takers + Full details of latest order published on May 3       The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered the System Operator, a department within the Transmission Company of Nigeria, to cap power supply to cross-border customers in Benin Republic, Niger, and Togo. The directive, outlined in a document titled “Interim Order on Transmission System Dispatch Operations, Cross-border Supply, and Related Matters,”…

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Oil, Gas, Power Ministers To Speak At NOG Energy Week

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“7,000 participants, 800 delegates, 350 exhibition companies and 116 industry expert speakers,” Organisers speak on 2024 edition of the confab, which has been connecting the Nigerian energy industry with the int’l energy community for 25 years   The 2024 edition of the NOG Energy Week, which will spotlight energy industry’s opportunities to drive investment needed to meet energy demand, has confirmed the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri and his Gas counterpart, Ekperikpe Ekpo, as speakers. Platforms Africa reports that the event, which has been headlining the…

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Nigeria’s Electricity Generation Hits 4,800MW – Minister

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Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu says Nigeria’s electricity generation has increased to 4,800 megawatts in the past few days from 4200MW. He disclosed this on Thursday when he was in Ajah, Lagos State, to launch a 63MVA, 132/33kV mobile substation installed under Phase 1 of the Presidential Power Initiative by the FGN Power Company in collaboration with Siemens Energy. He warned saboteurs of Nigeria’s power sector to stake off for lasting development to be seen in the industry. “Let me mention that we have started seeing improvements in our generation…

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‘They Took Light,’ How Outage Disrupted Power Minister’s Speech At Senate

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Drama played out when power supply was seized as the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, was speaking at the National Assembly. Adelabu was fielding questions from senators at the investigative hearing on “the need to halt the increase in the price of electricity” organised by the Senate Committee on Power. Power was, thereafter, restored in less than five minutes. Speaking about the power interruption, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Eyinnaya Abaribe, said what the minister said about the stable electricity in the country was implicative. He said,…

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Power: Enough Of Sponsored Campaign Against Adelabu – CSO

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A Civil Society organisation, Peoples Right Agenda (PRA) has condemned the incessant sponsored attacks on the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu and his effort to make a difference in the Nigeria power sector. It described the media assaults as sponsored. In a statement made available to newsmen at the weekend, PRA said the attacks were sponsored by different stakeholders who desire the status quo to continue and political detractors who see nothing good in what the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing to make Nigeria a country…

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Nigerian Energy Editors Unveil Date, Theme for NAEC 2024 Int’l Conference

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“We are raising the bar, focusing on solutions to energy transition, gas-to-power conundrums, underscoring Nigeria’s energy prosperity,” Organisers speak on what to expect Top energy industry leaders and experts are expected to converge in Lagos on October 3, at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) Annual International Energy Conference 2024. The organiser revealed that the conference will focus on the role of natural gas as an energy transition fuel, addressing Nigeria’s Trilemma of Finance, Energy Security, and International Politics. National Chairman of NAEC, Ugo Amadi, in a statement…

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EKEDC Mulls All Customers Upgrade To Band A, B, Gives Timeline

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The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has declared medium and long-term plans to upgrade all its customers to Band A and Band B. The General Manager, Commercial, EKEDC, Mr. Samuel  Edoho, who unveiled this plan at the Customers’ Engagement forum in Ojo, maintained that negotiations are underway with partners to get an additional grid and off-grid supply that would up the utility firm’s supply and service delivery across franchise areas to, at least, 20-hour daily. Briefing customers at the well-attended forum, Edoho, who led the company’s management team, including the…

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4 Hrs Supply Daily, Others; Lagos Areas On Band E And What They’ll Face

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Nigeria’s media attention has, in the last days, been on Band A customers, who are just 15 per cent of people on DisCos’ network. Platforms Africa, in this solution jounalism series, digs up information on billing, supply hour, average interruptions daily, service voltage level, duration of daily power outages for those on Band E in Lagos, and why they may not rejoice over the latest tariff review     The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) recently approved an increase in the electricity tariff, particularly for customers under Band A, a…

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Electricity Tariff Hike: NERC Issues Fresh Directives To Discos

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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has issued five new directives to electricity distribution companies following the recent tariff hike. The directives were in a recent notice signed by the Deputy General Manager of Market Competition and Rates, Abba Terab. Recall that NERC last Tuesday approved a N225 per kilowatt-hour electricity tariff for Band A electricity customers getting at least 20 hours of power supply. READ ALSO: Why Nigerians Should Prepare For More Electricity Tariff Review – Adelabu ABN Ex-Chieftain, Abimbola Davies, Is Dead EFCC Arrests Bobrisky Over Alleged Naira…

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