The Federal Government on Friday said mechanisms have been put in place to boost the country’s electricity generation to almost 7,000 megawatts by the end of 2013.
The Minister of State for Power, Zainab Kuchi and management staff of agencies in the sector at a meeting on performance in Abuja gave a rundown of achievements in the sector so far and how the new projections will be achieved.
Mrs Kuchi said the power ministry is in strong partnership with the private and public sectors to improve the value chain in power delivery especially the improvement of gas delivery for power.
Giving a breakdown of power generation in the country, the Chief Executive Officer of Egbin power plant, Mike Uzoigwe, said the current capacity of all Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor generation companies (GENCO) for the fourth quarter of 2012 is 2,829megawatts adding that 3,879megawatts has been projected for 2013.
He explained that with an additional 2,500megawatts expected to be generated from the Independent Power Plants (IPPS) and the National Integrated Power Plants (NIPPS), the total available power to the national grid by 2013 will be 6,873mw.
