The rejection of load allocations from power generating plants by some electricity distribution companies is one of the factors preventing the country from fully benefitting from the 6,500 megawatts generation capacity of the existing power plants, The Punch reports. Some power plant units were allegedly shut due to high frequency occasioned by the inability of the distribution companies to pick their load allocations.
The Bayelsa State Government has closed a business deal in the hydrocarbon value chain with the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) by entering into a gas sale agreement through Bayelsa Development and Investment Corporation (BDIC) for the purpose of power supply to the Kolo Creek Gas Turbine, ThisDay reports.
The Ghanaian Ministry of Power has announced an end to load shedding in a statement released on Wednesday December 30. The announcement is timely and significant as Ghanaians were eagerly looking forward to the resignation of the Power Minister Dr. Kwabena Donkor, who had repeatedly promised to resign by the end of the year if load shedding or ‘dumsor’ persists. It is however unclear what this announcement means considering that the Power Minister recently gave different meanings to dumsor and load shedding. In his view, load shedding occurs when there is inadequate power and so consumers share what is available. He said dumsor which he explained as intermittent outages, is caused by technical faults which can happen at any time and cannot always be controlled.
