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Lagos -Mr Hussein Labo, Managing Director of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), says the low power generation across the country is due to the ongoing maintenance works at Utorogun Gas Plant in Delta State.

Labo said in Lagos, yesterday, that this has led to further drop in power generation and had affected electricity supply.

Mr. Mike Uzoigwe, Chief Executive of Egbin Thermal Station, said yesterday that power generation from the plant had dropped from 1,100 to 500 megawatts due to insufficient gas to power the turbines.

“We have not received gas supply from the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) and the water level is low.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/06/phcn-explains-nationwide-power-outage/


I sidon dey look. For those that voted GEJ, pls don't complain.

Is Nigeria still the giant of Africa?

The truth is we are barely producing 2000MW so any small shaking the system goes down.

Will NEPA bills drop also?

Raining season and water level is low?   I sidon dey look.

bish-2:


Will NEPA bills drop also?

WHAT IS NEPA!!

where is our road map? the good news is, whether water high or low, whether light come or not, the bill remain stable. pdp has nothing to offer. give them 200 years and the only news u will continue to hear is that bankole took N10b, david mark kept N900b and the stories will continue. fresh air 2011.

which one is it ? first he says 'on going maintainance' then he says 'lack of sufficient gas supply'   

scopusng:

Lagos -Mr Hussein Labo, Managing Director of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), says the low  power generation across the country is due to the ongoing maintenance works [/b]at Utorogun Gas Plant in Delta State.

Labo said in Lagos, yesterday, that this has led to further drop in power generation and had  affected electricity supply.

Mr. Mike Uzoigwe, Chief Executive of Egbin Thermal Station, said yesterday that power generation from the plant had dropped from 1,100 to 500 megawatts [b]due to insufficient gas to power the turbines.

“We have not received gas supply from the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) and the water level is low.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/06/phcn-explains-nationwide-power-outage/


I sidon dey look.  For those that voted GEJ, pls don't complain.

Now which one is it.
-Is the power outage due to maintenance, or low gas supplies, or low water levels?

PCHN has got to be the most inept company in the world. It's always one excuse after another-and watch the speed with which they'll send bills to their customers.  

It's about time licenses are given out to private energy firms for power distribution. And isn't it about time they start looking at other alternative energy sources?

1025:

where is our road map? the good news is, whether water high or low, whether light come or not, the bill remain stable. pdp has nothing to offer. give them 200 years and the only news u will continue to hear is that bankole took N10b, david mark kept N900b and the stories will continue. fresh air 2011.

nice comment

bish-2:


Will NEPA bills drop also?

What a flimsy excuse. 1st he is talking of no gas supply, then low water levels. How do these 2 things correlate? Very soon they will tell us that the gas plant operator is on maternity leave, so we have 2 wait until they can get a replacement b4 normal gas operations can resume.

pls how can ensure the bill is dropped to barest minimum, or if possible no bill at all

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Is Nigeria actually the giant of Africa?

D man sef no dey stable just lyk d power dey give.lol

failed leaders failed state jungle of AFRICA I SALUTE UNA

[size=14pt]Whether there was even rise in Power generation in the first place, I didn't notice.[/size]  

"Giant of Africa"? LMAO in Ibibio. Its more like the dwarf, no, make that the "liliputian" of Africa.

Hi Guys, I'm an Engineer at the Shell Operated Utorogun Gas Plant in Delta State.

Akan A1:

What a flimsy excuse. 1st he is talking of no gas supply, then low water levels. How do these 2 things correlate? Very soon they will tell us that the gas plant operator is on maternity leave, so we have 2 wait until they can get a replacement b4 normal gas operations can resume.

Allow me to humbly break it down in simpler to clarify some issues!

eewule:

which one is it ? first he says 'on going maintainance' then he says 'lack of sufficient gas supply'  

The Utorogun Gas Plant in Delta State is a station that processes Natural Gas from underground Reservoir Well streams which it supplys to PHCN Power stations to drive their Gas Turbines, hence Power generation.

Due to the ongoing maintenance, the Gas plant is operating below average specifications, thereby affecting Gas supply to the PHCN Power Turbines, and consequently affecting the amount of Megawatts of electricity being injected into the National Grid!

scopusng:

Raining season and water level is low?   I sidon dey look.

Also, the statement saying "the water level is low" is most likely referring to the tide issues which may be affecting the Hydroelectric Power Generating stations (the Dams - Kainji, Shiroro, etc) from effectively generating their share of Megawatts of electricity thereby effecting less contribution to the same National Grid!

The situation is fairly temporary, and we hope things will be back to full swing in no distant time! So it's not the time to blame our dear GEJ blindly without first understanding all the necessary facts! Knowledge is Power! Cheers

One Naija for Life!!!  

^^The excuses remain flimsy- same one they've been making for decades. Ongoing maintenance? For how long?

Hydro electric power can be built on a small scale to serve communities with capacity ranging from 10MW-30MW and countries like the U.S, Japan, Canada and China use this type of power generation.

What is stopping the Government from building such, or opening up the sector for private firms to do so? Must the citizens always rely on the epileptic national grid supply from the dams, or unannounced maintenance works at gas plants?

I'm waiting to see a shift towards more renewable energy sources-asides just hydro Power. Sources like wind, tides and sunlight (Solar).

Renewable energy provides 18 percent of total electricity generation worldwide. And more countries are spending more money on renewable energy.

Wait didnt GEJ promise 24hr Power supply immediately he becomes President? Lmao.

Ibos put yall in this mess, always that.

so what is Mr GEJ doing about these. or was he voted in to throt the Globe. so much for Goodluck. i dont wanna care. thank god for ma prpaid meter and ma candles

Na 2day, Abegie, wat diff. has it effected whether or not there's light afterall Naija still live happily ever after wiv "Inaa Atupa" since the inception of NEPA Craze in the early 80s, mtscheww, make dem go lick transformer joor

ABEG WHO HAS THE COPY OF THE SO CALLED ROAD MAP WITH THE TIMELINE?

UNA NEVA TIRE FOR THIS NEPA STORY??

FOR ALL THE GEJ APOLOGIST, UNA NEVA START YET!! I DEY LAUGH

xanadu101:

FOR SALE !!! i have a used 'i my neighbour' genarator for sale . i just used it for 7-month and bought another one. i stay close to iyanoba. if u're interested mail me [email protected]. i buy my gen every 7-months cos i never believe their wld be constant power supply 4ever in naija. so i hv made up my mind to go 4 the most reliable source of power, Tiger genarator, so reliable & economy

I have two ' i my neighbor ' so i switch one to the other and it takes me 2 months to service both generator with just 600 naira, it's economy is unbeatable in naija and it is reliable than PHCN.

phcn shd get lost

190:

WHAT IS NEPA!!

NEVER EXPECT POWER ALWAYS

Always Same old story from PHCN

rubbish talk.

my area i usually have approximately 5 hrs of power supply daily. lo and behold, around the weekend of the jonathan inauguration, by some magic, i had 22 hrs per day from friday till monday.

monday night around 10pm the power was cut off, and back to square one.

where did the 22 hrs come from for jonathan's inauguration?


likewise around the presidential elections week, so much power it was weird, after elections back to darkness.

WHO IS FOOLING WHO?

refreshed blackout 2011

Are you all surprised? Elections are over and the election financiers have to make thier money back with 'killer profits'. May God help Nigeria. Everyday for thief, one day for the owner.