The crisis rocking the
Nigerian oil and gas sector has caused the power sector 3,956 Mega watts
(Mw), The Nation learnt yesterday.
The serial
cases of pipeline vandalism and the intense bombing raids on oil facilities in
the Niger Delta region, have combined to deny power generating plants the
needed feedstock to power and generate electricity for the nation.
A daily
summary of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) however showed that
the electricity market on Monday sent out an average of 3,956Mw to the 11
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos).
It noted that
the electricity market also recorded 414Mw line constraint and 380 water
management constraint.
The NESI
Monday daily report said: “ On June 06 2016, average energy sent out was
2,423Mwh/hour (down by 113 Mwh/h). The reported gas constraint was 3,956Mw.
“The reported
line constraint was 414Mw. The water management constraint was 380Mw. The
power sector lost the estimated equivalent of N2,280, 000, 000 on June 06 2016
due to constraints.”
It was
gathered that at 8.00am yesterday, power allocation to the Kaduna Electricity
Distribution Company and Kano Electricity Distribution Company was 120 Mw each.
According to
an insider source, at noon, the allocations to the two firms reduced to an
average of 75MW.
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