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The lines are old and need to be changed with new ones, their transformers and stations across the country are equally begging for replacement. We do not have enough distribution capacity in Nigeria. Nigeria Today; Vista Woman ... the Federal Government should organize a nationwide customer enumeration exercise to determine the actual number of electricity consumers in Nigeria … Nigeria has been battling with the problem of power generation, that would … Yes we think we are protecting the people but what we are really doing is that we are preventing the people from getting the power that they need. Obonga, added: “The sector has many problems, which cover transmission infrastructure that is rapidly decaying and needs replacement. A lot of houses, factories don’t have a meter and you can’t even tell what they are consuming.And you hear people talking about the tariff. Peak Generation attained on January 14 2020 – 4,931.3 MW.Investigation by Vanguard showed that the huge losses could have been harnessed to stimulate investment with the aim of providing adequate and stable power to consumers as expected after privatisation.The chairman/CEO, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Prof. James Momoh, could not be reached for comments, but a top official, who preferred not to be named because he was not permitted to speak, said: “We are currently meeting with all relevant stakeholders, including Electricity Generating Companies, GENCOs, Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs and consumers to review many things.

Nigeria's national electricity grid, operated from Osogbo in Osun State, again collapsed Tuesday afternoon, leaving the entire country in darkness.

So I say to Nigerians: very simply put, we need to change the way we think about power! The Nigerian power grid rose to 5,377 megawatts (MW) peak power generation on Saturday night, a feat attained 18 months after the previous record. But when you buy power from the grid today in your residents, you probably pay about N29 per Kw/Hr, so if the discos charge you N50 or N60 or even N70 per kW/hr, it is still cheaper than what you pay using your own generator. Before discussing the electricity tariff structure in detail, a slight overview of the entire power system structure in Nigeria would be very helpful.. If they are also not able to pay I should be able to put that power in the grid, sell it to Eko Disco, if they are going to pay, or Yola Disco or Ibadan, wherever it needs to go for them to pay me. By the time you retire to your bedroom to sleep for the night, you turn off everything else, including all the light and you leave only the AC in your bedroom so that the amount of power you consume is low and so your bill at the end of the month represents only what you needed to use.You will find if people start paying the right tariff, that we will develop what we call energy responsibility.

Your one-stop shop for all electricity affairs… Focal to the activities of the Nigeria Electricity Hub (NEH) is the circulation of knowledge of the workings of the Power and Energy industries. In their separate interviews with journalists at the weekend, the operators also hailed his appointment,…Maurizio Coratella, is the Chief Operating Officer of Saipem E&C Onshore Division. The tariff is the amount of money that is charged to a customer. Power Generation in Nigeria. Recently, I was travelling along Calabar – Ikom highway, and within 10km, I counted 42 fault lines. The government did a fantastic job in privatising the telecommunications industry, we need to do the same thing in the power industry.We need to liberalise this industry, allow a free market to exist, allow companies to do businesses with each other without interference.The person that generates or produces gas should be able to deal directly with the GenCos that are trying to produce power, let it is a willing buyer-willing-seller type of market.GenCos should be allowed to deal directly with the distribution companies. The GENCOs complain of lack of gas and low water levels.