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Power Generating and Transmission in Nigeria
Power Generating and Transmission in Nigeria
Afam Power Plc enjoys a strategic position in the Niger Delta region. It has the potentiality of becoming a leading power
plant in Nigeria due to its close proximity to source of natural gas, other raw materials and growing demand for electricity by
multinational companies around the region.
Afam Power Plc is the remaining of the seventeen (17) successor companies of the defunct PHCN which hasn’t been
privatised since 2013 till date.
MESL became a concessionaire of both hydropower plants formerly managed by Kainji Hydro-Electric Plc, a successor
company of the defunct PHCN.
The Concession involves a thirty-year lease agreement. Since privatisation, MESL has successfully raised the installed
generating capacity of both plants from less than 350MW to 1338MW.
Transcorp Ughelli power plant is the largest thermal power plant having an installed generating capacity of 972MW.
Presently, the power plants meet world specifications for power plants of its type.
The power plant with an installed generating capacity of 600MW meets worldwide technological standards for plants of its
type.
5. Cummins Cogeneration Limited
Cummins Cogeneration Limited is based in Ruislip, United Kingdom. It signed a 300MW Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
with Sapele Power Plc.
However, on November 2013, 70% of the company was sold to core-investors – Sahara Power Group and Korea Electric
Power Corporation (KEPCO) while the remaining 30% was retained by the government.
Prior to the acquisition, the Egbin Power Plant was operating at less than 50 percent capacity; however, after its privatisation
the plant has attained over 80 % of its operational capacity.
The company manages the operation of the Olorunsogo Power Plant Phase 1. The power plant has an installed capacity of
335MW.
The Bureau of Enterprises (BPE), in 2013, sold the Omotosho power plant to CMEC-Pacific consortium.
The power plant is daily operated and maintained by Pacific Energy which boast of generating 95% installed capacity of the
power plant according to a capacity test carried out by Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET).
Pacific energy also partnered with SEPCO in the acquisition of the Olorunsogo Power Plant Phase 1.
It is noteworthy that the Afam VI Power Plant won the SPDC the best company in Climate Action Award in the 2016 edition
of Sustainability, Enterprise, Responsibility Awards for Corporate Social Responsibility (SERAs-CSR).
The company manages operation of the Ibom Power Plant which adds an average of 105 Megawatts to total power
generation in Nigeria.
It has operated within the state for over 80 years when it began operation at the hydroelectric power station located at Kura
Falls to supply electricity to miners.
Through a number of small-scale hydro schemes around Jos, NESCO generates and supplies 19MW of electricity to Jos and
its environs.
16. AES Nigeria Barge Operations Limited
AES Nigeria Barge Operations Limited was formerly a subsidiary of AES Corporation but now operates as a subsidiary of
Cryex Energy Limited as of November 2014.
It manages the AES Barge IPP which has an installed capacity of 270MW.
In 2015, the company signed contract with Siemens to expand the 414MW plant to an additional 435MW Geregu Power
Plant Phase 2.
Power stations under NIPP are still undergoing privatization processes. The ten power generation subsidiaries of the NDPHC
include:
Abuja Electricity Distribution The Managing Director Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc Wuse
Distribution Garki, Lafia, Lokoja, Min
Company Plc Zone 4 Abuja Tel: 09 523 6889
The Managing Director Afam Power Plc Afam Power Station Complex
Afam Power Plc Generation 987.2MW
Afam Rivers State
Ibadan Electricity Distribution The Managing Director Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc
Distribution Abeokuta, Dugbe, ijebu-Ode
Company Plc Capital Building115 Ring Road Ibadan Tel: 02 231 7016
Ikeja Electricity Distribution The Managing Director Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company Plc
Distribution Alimosho, Ikeja, Ikorodu,
Company Plc Secretariat Road Alausa Ikeja Tel: 01 773 3155
Jos Electricity Distribution Company The Managing Director Jos Electricity Distribution Company Plc No 9
Distribution Bauchi, Gombe, Jos, Makurdi
Plc Ahmadu Bello Way Jos Tel: 073 459834
The Managing Director Kainji Hydro Electric Plc Kainji Power Station
Kainji Hydro Electric Plc Generation 760MW
Complex Kainji Niger State
Kano Electricity Distribution The Managing Director Kano Electricity Distribution Company No 1 Niger
Distribution Dala, Dutse, Funtua, Kati
Company Street P.M.B. 3089 Kano Tel: 064 645329
The Managing Director Shiroro Hydro Electric Plc Shiroro Power Station
Shiroro Hydro Electric Plc Generation 600MW
Complex Shiroro Niger State Tel/Fax: 066 690100
The Managing Director Ughelli Power Plc Ughelli Power Station Complex
Ughelli Power Plc Generation 942MW
Ughelli Delta State Tel/Fax: 053 251883
Yola Electricity Distribution Company The Managing Director Yola Electricity Distribution Company Plc No 2
Distribution Damaturu, Jalingo, Maidug
Plc Atiku Abubakar Road Jimeta Yola Tel: 075 6265193
Yola Yola -
2 Benin
ACC Location Address
4 Kaduna
ACC Location Address
Kano (Kumbotsu) Kano Off Kumbutso Town Road, Kano, Kano State.
5 Lagos
ACC Location Address
Papalanto Lagos -
6 Oshogbo
ACC Location Address
7 Port-Harcourt
ACC Location Address
Afam Work Centre Afam By Afam Power Station, Afam, Rivers State.
Birinin Kebbi Birinin Kebbi Jega Road, Birinin Kebbi, Kebbi State.