Electric power generation in Nigeria on Monday hit 4,068 mega watts.
Though it is one of the highest peaks ever generated in the country, it is still very low when compared to the country’s electricity requirement.
The new peak is expected to provide some respite for consumers from several days of darkness, but the tripping of a transmission line from Egbin Power Station on Monday may have further dampened the rising hopes.
This is coming as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed that about 21 power plants were presently in operation across the country, while some units are facing setback due to transmission, water management and rainfall challenges.
Meanwhile, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has charged electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to ensure the provision of meters and end the frustration of customers waiting for the never coming meters.
At the third monthly meeting with operators of the power sector, yesterday at the Ugwuaji Transmission Station, Enugu Fashola said:
“The Federal Government would no longer condone a situation where people pay for meters and fail to access them within a reasonable time-frame.”
The Public Relation Officer of Transmission Company of Nigeria, Lagos Region, Mrs Celestina Osin, who confirmed the faults on the Egbin bound transmission line yesterday said the blackout experienced in Lekki, Ajah axis since Sunday, March 13th was a result of a detachment on the sky wire of the Egbin-Ajah 330KV Transmission Line three which feeds the area.
She said the maintenance engineers are already at work to rectify the fault as quickly as possible, with the aim of getting customers back to the system.
The Head of Corporate Communications, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Godwin Idemudia said the line trip had made it impossible for customers being serviced from Ajah, Lekki and Alagbon transmission injection sub-stations to receive power supply.
Areas listed to have been affected by the outage include Lagos Island, Ikoyi, Victoria Island Lekki, Ajah, Ibeju and their environs.
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Idemudia then appealed to customers to please bear with the company adding that supply to all affected areas would be restored as soon as the fault is cleared.
