Nigerians will experience a week-long electricity rationing that will
put the country into darkness for the period. This will be the longest
period in recent years that the country would be faced with blackout.
The development is coming few days after the Federal Government declared
that its hand-over of the assets and facilities of PHCN including
generation and distribution plants to private firms was successful.
The authorities had explained that the problem was due to the loss of
400 megawatts following repair works being carried out by the Shell
Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the major suppliers of gas to the
power plants particularly Afam VI Power plant.
The management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in a statement
in Abuja said there would be a reduction in generation output
by 400mw, from November4 to 9, 2013. According to the
statement, “this is due to the Shell Petroleum Development Company’s
(SPDC) scheduled maintenance work on Okoloma gas plant supplying gas to
Afam VI Power Plant, thereby leading to the shutdown of the power plant,
resulting in nationwide power rationing.”
It explained further that the shutdown of Afam VI power plant became
necessary to allow SPDC inspect and carry out routine maintenance work
on the Okoloma natural gas station in Afam, Rivers State, to ensure its
technical integrity.
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