•Otubu The new Chairman, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Mr. Oritsedere Otubu, has assured of improved power supply. He made the promise during a visit to some stakeholders in the industry in Abuja. Otubu, who was accompanied by the company’s […]
Month: February 2022
Gabriel Suswam: Overreaching Objectives of Electricity Bill, 2022, Need for Stakeholders’ Support
On Tuesday September 28, 2021, the “Electricity Bill, 2021 (now Electricity Bill, 2022), sponsored by Senator Gabriel Suswam, Chair, Senate Committee on Power passed Second Reading in the Nigerian Senate and was referred to the Senate Committee on Power for […]
Estimated Bill: FG to Distribute Electric Meters to Four Million Households
In its effort to tackle the problems associated with estimated billing system, the Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed plans to begin the distribution of electricity meters to four million households. Speaking after the inauguration of the 330KV/160KVA power sub-station […]
140 Megawatts Geometric Power To Serve Abia, Environs
The Chairman/CEO of Geometric Power Ltd, Professor Barth Nnaji, has told the Abia State government that their power plant has a capacity to produce 140 megawatts of electricity which is more than enough to provide steady and sustainable power to […]
NBET Hails CBN’s Critical Role in Power Sector
…Says apex bank’s interventions stabilizing NESI …Mulls coordinated way to deal with DISCOs’ default The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company, NBET, Dr. Nnaemeka Eweluka, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, […]
NERC to Launch Power Outage Reporting App
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday said it would soon launch a power outage reporting application aimed at addressing complaints on power outage across the country. The Vice-Chairman, NERC, Dr Musiliu Oseni, disclosed this at the inauguration of […]
Power Crisis: Oil Workers Pressurise FG to Privatise Transmission
Senior oil workers are pressuring the Nigerian government to complete the power sector privatisation Senior oil workers are pressuring the Nigerian government to complete the power sector privatisation by opening the transmission segment to competent private investors who have the […]
24 Solar Mini-Grids’ll Be Deployed This Year – FG
Minister of Power Abubakar Aliyu About 24 solar mini-grids are to be deployed this year under the Mini-Grid/Interconnected Mini-Grid Acceleration Scheme, also known as (I)MAS, the Federal Government has said. It said private sector investors would deploy the grids by […]
Why Poor Power Supply Persists in Nigeria
…DisCos attribute recent cases to drop in generation. Several Nigerians across the country are currently witnessing poor power supply in the past weeks despite the alleged increased tariff they claimed was imposed on them illegally by the electricity distribution companies […]
FG Willing to Partner Investors on Power Supply, Says Minister
The Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, has disclosed that the federal government was willing to partner investors in the power sector to improve electricity supply in the country This came as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk […]
