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Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL), the parent company of Penstock Limited managing the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant in Niger State, has dismissed allegations of an explosion at the facility. Reports circulated suggested an explosion hit the Zungeru power plant early Monday morning, injuring several workers who were then transported to various hospitals, with the seriously […]
Nigeria’s International electricity customers- ers-Togo, Benin and Niger are owing Nigeria $18.29 million for electricity consumed in 2022, the Ni- Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has said. The international customers include Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo of Benin Republic, (CEET); Société Béninoise d’Energie Electrique (SBEE) and NIGELEC-electric power generation and transmission utility in Niger. Data […]
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC, has stated that it cannot, at the moment, effect the planned 40% increment on electricity tariff. This was as the power distribution firm revealed that it had hit 57% growth rate in metering of its customers, adding that 285,000 of them are still unmetered. The Managing Director and […]
A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre (WAMAC), has challenged Nigerians, particularly electricity consumers, to join the fight against corruption in the power sector of the country. At a Townhall meeting held at the weekend in Akure, the Ondo state capital, WAMAC, with the support of the MacArthur Foundation, decried how the electricity […]
The federal government of Nigeria has annouced the completion of Zungeru Hydroelectric Power project worth over $1.3 billion which will add 700MW of electricity to the national grid. The Honourable Minister of Power H.E. Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu, FNSE annouced this yesterday when he paid a working visit to the site located in Niger state. […]