Minister of Energy, Abubakar Aliyu, on Saturday mentioned the “emergency assembly” the federal government held with stakeholders within the sector to handle the lingering blackout skilled nationwide had began to yield some outcomes.
The minister on Saturday in an announcement listed some steps taken by the federal government to handle the blackout being skilled nationwide.
SaharaReporters had final week reported the collapse of the nationwide grid twice, which had been attributed to the scarcity of gasoline provides to the facility vegetation amongst different components.
The event introduced untold hardship to Nigerians and their companies in a number of elements of the nation.
The epileptic energy scenario added to an already bloated situation brought on by the intractable gasoline disaster which had but to abate.
Aliyu mentioned, “Following the emergency assembly convened by Minister of Energy, Engr Abubakar Aliyu, on March 14, 2022 in the direction of the restoration of regular provide of electrical energy provide nationwide and the event of a framework for sustainable enchancment of provide, we’re happy to apprise shoppers with an replace on the progress up to now made to handle the latest challenges within the Nigerian electrical energy provide trade.
“The Nigerian public might please recall that the nationwide grid misplaced about 1,100MW technology capability as a consequence of simultaneous disruptions in gasoline provide to the Okpai, Calabar and the Afam VI energy vegetation.
“The out there technology capability was exacerbated by the continuing water administration regime on the Kainji, Jebba and Shiroro energy vegetation. The progress up to now made contains, amongst many different initiatives, the next:
“(i) The gasoline pipeline affected by acts of vandalism has been restored and the Okpai energy plant has resumed energy technology and at the moment contributing a mean of 300MW.
“(ii) The Nigerian Bulk Electrical energy Buying and selling Pl has been directed to enter into fast-track negotiation with NAOC on an interim vitality gross sales settlement with a view bringing the brand new Okpai Il energy plant on the grid thereby contributing extra 400MW of technology capability.
“(iii) The “pigging” of the gasoline pipeline supplying gasoline to the Odukpani energy plant is scheduled for completion on March 21 st 2022 thus ramping up
technology by about 400MW.
“(iv) With a purpose to optimise the capability utilisation of the facility vegetation owned by the Niger Delta Energy Holding Firm Ltd, the Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee has authorized a particular gasoline pricing for emergency contracting of gasoline from the Nigerian Fuel Advertising Firm Ltd. We count on an on-grid enchancment of about 800MW technology capability from the NDPHC vegetation.
“(v) Within the medium-term, we have now agreed with NGPIC (…a subsidiary of NNPC) on the framework for the overhaul of the Okoloma gasoline processing plant thereby restoring the complete capability of the 650MW Afam VI mixed cycle energy plant.
“(vi) Whereas the latest spate of system collapse is regrettable, it was a direct consequence of a snap on a 330kV transmission line. The mitigation measures for avoiding such incidence of blackouts are being applied by a number of interventions together with the Presidential Energy Initiative.
“We want to reassure all electrical energy shoppers that each one related businesses concerned within the restoration of normality in energy provide have been charged to behave within the context of the emergency state of the trade. The Federal Ministry of Energy shall proceed to periodically replace the nation on the progress.”