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- The black out in some areas of Nigeria on Christmas day has
been explained - The Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry disclosed that the
blackout was because 12 power stations produced zero megawatt on December 25,
2016
An official reason has
been released for the electricity blackout that occurred in some part of
Nigeria on Christmas day.
Media report continues:
The
Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) disclosed that about 12 power stations
could not produce electricity during off-peak period during the holidays
including on Christmas day.
12
Nigerian power plant failed to produce any megawatt on Christmas day
According
to the News Agency of Nigeria, statistics from the National Control Centre,
Osogbo, showed that Afam IV-V, Geregu Gas, Alaoji National Integrated Power
Project (NIPP), and Olorunsogo Gas plants could not produce a single megawatt
(MW) on December 25, 2016.
Others
that could not produce a single megawatt (MW) on December 25, 2016 include
Odukpani NIPP, Okpai, Ibom Power, ASCO, AES, Omoku, Rivers NIPP and Gbarain
power plants.
The
twelve plants have a combined capacity of 2,035 MW of Nigeria’s total installed
power output of 11,165MW.
The
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has also said that it on Wednesday
wheeled out about 3,959 megawatts of generated electricity to the 11
distribution companies as the country’s power supply gradually stabilized.
The
power generation data was obtained from daily forecast on the Nigerian
Electricity System Operator (SO) website.
The
daily power statistics posted by SO, a section of the TCN, shows that power
generation gradually improved during the festive season with a peak generation
of 3,959 megawatts from the national grid.
The
website shows that the country’s power generation also recorded its lowest
generation of 3,366 megawatts within the same period.
According
to the NESI operational report for January 3, the power sector hit a peak
generation of 4,959 megawatts as against 3,321 megawatts recorded on December
2.
NESI,
a subsidiary of the TCN, said that the sector recorded highest system frequency
of 51.52Hz and lowest system frequency of 48.85 Hz.
It
also said that the highest voltage recorded was 372KV, while lowest voltage
recorded on the same day was 300KV.
Meanwhile,
NESI, on January 2, disclosed that over ₦534 billion of revenue was lost by the
power sector in 2016.
Among
the reasons for the loss are shortages in gas supply, frequency and line
limitations and water levels management constraints that led to several cases
of electricity outage in the country.
NESI, which put the average daily revenue loss at ₦1.5 billion, said gas constraint remained one of the major challenges facing the electricity sector.
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