The electricity crisis rocking the nation got worse on Tuesday following the shut down of two more power generating stations in Shiroro, Niger State and Sapele II in Delta State.
The recent development has brought the number of stations shut down to 10.
Recall that eight of the nation’s power plants were completely idle on Thursday last week, with significant reduction in generation from others, including Egbin, which is located in Lagos.
The plants, which did not generate any megawatts of electricity included Sapele, Delta State, whose installed capacity was put at 240MW; Olorunsogo II in Ogun State, with a capacity of 625MW; Rivers IPP (180MW) and Trans-Amadi (75MW), both in Rivers State.
Others were Geregu I in Kogi; Afam IV & V in Rivers, and A.E.S and Asco, whose installed capacity were not given.
Sapele’s units were said to be shut due to gas constraints, tripping, maintenance and major overhaul, among other reasons.
The Punch is, however, reporting that the Sapele plant capacity was put at 225MW with four units, whereas the Shiroro power plant capacity was put at 600MW and a total national power generation stood at 2,774.2MW on Tuesday, April 5 down from 3,657.5MW on March 31.
Total national power generation stood at 2,774.2MW on Tuesday, down from 3,657.5MW on March 31.
Generation from Egbin, the nation’s biggest power station, was limited to 415MW due to gas constraints, down from 1,085MW on March 15.
Shiroro, whose capacity was put at 600MW, was said to have seen its unit 411G1 tripped on emergency shutdown on the 86ES lockout relay; units 411G2 and 3 out for under water repair work; and unit 411G4 out on maintenance.
The Sapele II, built under the National Integrated Power Project, with its capacity put at 225MW, has four units. The GT1 was shut down for maintenance, GT3 out due to work by the Nigerian Gas Company at the gas station, while the GT2 and 4 units are out as a result of gas constraints.
Shell’s Afam VI power plant generated the highest megawatts of electricity at 418MW as of 6am, the data showed.
The fall in power generation has resulted to a total nationwide blackout.
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