The Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP) has said
that the country’s power generation has increased to 4,349.7 megawatts (MW),
adding that it was a peak all-time generation milestone in the country’s power
sector.
Disclosing the new generation capacity which it
announced despite increasing public distraught on the recent decline in
electricity supply across the country, the chairman of PTFP, Mr. Beks
Dagogo-Jack, explained in a statement from the Head, Media and Communications
of PTFP, Mrs. Awele Okigbo, that the increase was occasioned by diligent
management of power systems in the country by various managers in the sector.
Dagogo-Jack specifically singled out for
commendation the new management contractor for Transmission Company of Nigeria
(TCN), Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) and Systems Operator in TCN.
He also attributed the new generation capacity to
key developments in the sector such as the successful return of the Egbin Power
Plant back to the national grid after a prolonged maintenance schedule, the
final commencement of operation of the third gas turbine at the Omotosho
National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs) plant and restoration of gas supply
from the Escravos gas plant belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) on the
western gas network to the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS ).
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