“We are encouraging people to set up small power generation companies and sell it according to their capacity, not necessarily going for big project that requires huge amount of money and expertise.”
Browsing: Mr. Babatunde Fashola
“Publishing details of spending on privatization of the power sector and post-privatization spending on Gencos and Discos would serve the public interest and provide insights relevant to the public debate on combating corruption in the power sector as well as help to improve citizens’ access to regular and uninterrupted electricity supply.”
According to him, well-meaning Nigerians were aware of the improvement, noting that the government was doing its best to work harder for them and improve service delivery.
“It is one thing to have power, it is another thing for the quality of the power to be good and today we came to address the quality of power. Our population has grown over the last 20 years without a commensurate expansion in the services that we have installed, and that is partly why you experience issues like low voltage, load shedding and other issues.”
“It is one thing to have power, it is another thing for the quality of the power to be good and today we came to address the quality of power.”
He said the growing population and consequent demand for more power supply made it pertinent to increase the volume of power supplied through the sub-stations in Abia State.
About 417 megawatts (MW) was not generated due to unavailability of transmission infrastructure, while 290MW was not generated due to high frequency resulting from unavailability of distribution infrastructure.
“Meters don’t distribute energy, meters measure energy that is been distributed. The core business of the Disco is to distribute energy, they need meters.”
“In many parts of the country connected to the grid, citizens’ feedback is positive, even though all the problems are not solved. Citizens acknowledge more power in dry weather, reduced hours of running their generators and reduction in fuel (diesel and petrol) purchase to power generators.”
The introduction of the regulation now means that private investors, apart from the distribution companies (Discos), can procure meters in understanding with the concerned Discos to recoup their monies with time through specified charges incorporated into electricity bills.
