The Federal Authorities has introduced measures to enhance electrical energy provide within the nation.
This was said by the Minister of Energy, Abubakar Aliyu, on the conclusion of an emergency assembly in Abuja.
Mr. Aliyu stated the FG will deal with present difficulties within the Nigerian Electrical energy Provide Trade (NESI).
The nationwide grid collapsed final Monday and Tuesday on account of a lack of round 1,100 megawatts of era capability, plunging the whole nation into darkness.
The lack of era capability, in line with Aliyu, was brought on by simultaneous gasoline provide outages on the Okpai NIPP in Calabar and the Afam VI energy crops in Delta State.
The minister claimed that the present water administration regime on the Kainji, Jebba, and Shiroro energy crops exacerbated the low accessible era capability for wheeling by the Transmission Firm of Nigeria (TCN) to shoppers.
Aliyu stated the gasoline pipeline, which had been broken by repeated acts of vandalism, had been repaired as a part of the efforts to revive normalcy within the vitality provide system.
He additionally said that the Okpai energy plant has resumed energy manufacturing and is now producing a median of 300 megawatts.
He additional said that the Nigerian Bulk Electrical energy Buying and selling Plc has been directed to embark into fast-track negotiations on an interim vitality gross sales cope with the Nigerian Agip Oil Firm (NAOC).
The Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee (NERC) has authorized a particular gasoline pricing regime for emergency contracting of gasoline from the Nigerian Gasoline Advertising and marketing Firm Ltd, in line with the minister, so as to optimize the capability utilization of the facility crops owned by the Niger Delta Energy Holding Firm Ltd (NDPHC).
Within the medium time period, he said that the federal government has reached an settlement with Nigerian Gasoline and Funding Firm (NGPIC), a subsidiary of NNPC, on the framework for overhauling the Okoloma gasoline processing facility, restoring full capability to the 650MW Afam VI mixed cycle energy plant.
Aliyu expressed regrets over the latest sequence of system failures, claiming that they have been brought on by a 330kV transmission line snap.