The
Federal Government said it would present to Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) with investments work
plan to build 33/11/0.415kV lines and distribution substations to utilise the 2,000
megawatts (MW) generated but currently unutilised.
This,
among other issues, may have formed the high point of the 23rd power sector
stakeholders meeting, which held in Nasarawa state. The Minister of Power,
Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN)
had at the 22nd meeting held in Kogi state in the year 2017, disclosed that out
of over 7,000 MW generated, only about 5,000MW could be off-taken by DisCos
leaving 2,000MW stranded.
He
said there was need for DisCos to resolve network related issues in their
franchise to ensure that the unutilised 2,000MW was evacuated as more power
would be generated from upcoming generation stations this year, 2018.
Except
there is a last minute change in plan, the Niger
Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), will hand over the 2×7.5MVA Injection
Substation in Nasarawa state to Abuja
Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).
The
Managing Director, NDPHC, Joseph Chiedu
Ugbo, had at the last meeting indicated that the substation had been
completed, tested and commissioned, adding that the company was willing to
transfer it to AEDC.
Already,
in a bid to resolve the problems associated with unutilised generating
capacities, the report on areas that require investments at the 33/11kV voltage
levels to unlock 2,000MW had been forwarded to Fashola, who is expected to
unfold the programme of actions at the meeting as the Chairman. Also, the
federal government may unfold its modalities to engage the DisCos to implement
the programme for such investments after endorsement by the Minister.
The
meeting may also receive updates on the protracted debts of the Ministries,
Departments and Agencies (MDA) from the Managing Director of the Rural
Electrification Agency (REA), Mrs.
Damilola Ogunbiyi, who doubles as the Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Power. She had earlier been directed to close the verification
exercise of all MDA debts; while DisCos were ordered to fund MDA debts within
their franchise and to provide location and data of Military Formations with
disputed MDA debts. But some of the DisCos had declined to comply with the
directive to fund the verification exercise of disputed MDA debt recovery
exercise. (Guardian)
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