Lagos, Ogun, Ondo To Experience Power-Cut For 72hours

Residents of Lagos, Ogun and Ondo States are to brace themselves up for a 72-hour power cut starting from Friday, 5th to Sunday, 7th April.
The power cut is as a result of additional gas supply to the Chevron Escravos Gas plants. The power supply cut was announced by Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power, Mr. Beks Dagogo Jack, in a statement made in Abuja, yesterday.
The Chevron Escravos Gas plants supplied gas for power generation in Egbin Power Plant, Lagos, Omotosho Power Plants 1 & 2 in Ondo State, and Olorunsogo Power Plant in Ogun State. A copy of the Daily Operational Report of power generation for Monday, 1st April, 2013, indicated that Egbin which has installed available capacity of 1100mw, generated 920mw. While the Omotosho with installed capacity of 126mw, generated 114mw. The Olorunsogo Plant with installed capacity of 126mw generated 114mw as well.

However, Dagogo Jack maintained that the outage will take about 800mw available supply during the three day period and will be inclusive of the Shell Afam VI scheduled maintenance which contributes about 200 megawatts to the power shortfall. "The Presidential Task Force on Power is coordinating with the relevant project owners to further mitigate the effect of the expected power shortfall. The scheduled maintenance operations this nature are normal in ensuring that power supply are sustained in the long run," Dagogo said.
He also stated that the benefits of this culture of disciplined maintenance far outweigh the cost of a two to three day inconvenience reduced supply, promising that the increased generation alongside future planned maintenance would have minimal impact on supply.
Dagogo Jack also prayed for the support and understanding of Nigerians during this unavoidable period of power cut, while assuring the public that in spite of the daunting challenges on the way, government's decision to transform the power sector remains at top priority.

The Chairman said the Presidential Task Force on Power is coordinating with Chevron, Nigeria Gas Company, a subsidiary of the NNPC alongside the Transmission Company of Nigeria to ensure that the scheduled gas outage at the Chevron Escravos Gas plant will be executed with minimal disruptions to the supply of electricity in the county.
The outage according to him is scheduled for the tie in of additional gas supply from the plant. He assured further that as part of the mitigating plan, transmission line maintenance in the Lagos area will also be conducted in tandem to avoid sequential outages.