THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced that Nigerians will witness improved power supply from July 1, 2022, following renewed efforts by the power supply industry stakeholders.
According to media reports, this assurance was given by the Chairman of NERC, Mr Sanusi Garba, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at an interactive session with newsmen after the Second Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) meeting in Lagos.
He claimed that NERC had facilitated a contractual agreement between the Gencos, TCN and the 11 DisCos that would guarantee the generation, transmission and distribution of an average of 5,000MW of electricity daily to customers effective July 1, 2022.
“Yes, we have had discussions with the gas suppliers within our regulatory space. We have them on board to ensure that once we made the commercial requirements, gas was going to flow.
“Now, for transmission, we have heard of figures well in excess of 5,000MW and clearly TCN will be able to deliver that.
“I recall clearly in March last year we had 5,400MW. So, it means it is quite possible based on signed commitments.”
“In a situation where Gencos are able to deliver 5,000MW but TCN is unable to do so, they’ll pay the penalty to the generation company and so on. And whenever the power is available and DisCos do not take the power; then they will pay liquidated damages that will compensate other market participants.
“We might not have 24/7 power supply from July 1 but Nigerians will see the trajectory because the target is to have an average of 5,000MW daily for transmission and distribution,” he said.
He also blamed the recent collapse of the national grid on inadequate gas supply, maintenance of some thermal stations as well as vandalism of power infrastructure and gas pipelines.
