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NamPower Distribution all applied for a received a total invoice of N9.74bn for the power station,” the statement read.
0% tariff increase, in line with the ECB’s power supplied to it in Q1; N7.16bn in Q2; Earlier this week Eskom had restored
determination. and N2.27bn in Q3 but none in Q4. generation capacity of some units Duvha,
This means the tariff rate of these In 2018, CEB received an invoice of Tutuka, Matla and Kendal. But shortly
distributors will remain the same and their $9.04bn in Q1; $9.44bn in Q2; $8.48bn in Q3; after warned that the system still remained
applications were approved, Namene said. and $9.32bn in Q4. constrained.
The ECB uses the ‘cost-plus’ method According to NERC’s quarterly reports, Eskom has implored consumer to use
to determine tariffs, meaning the revenue the international customers did not make any electricity “sparingly”.
requirement or the cost of a utility to payments in each of the four quarters of 2019.
distribute and supply electricity is established. “During the quarter under review, the
The determined cost, plus a regulated special and international class of customers
return (the weighted average cost of capital) made no payment to the Nigerian Bulk HYDRO
determines the end-user tariff. Electricity Trading Plc and the Market
Operator,” NERC said in its fourth-quarter Tanzania to build
report.
“The Federal Government has continued hydropower plants and
EXPORTS to engage the governments of neighbouring
countries benefitting from the export supply transmission lines
Nigeria exports $81.48bn to ensure timely payments for the electricity Engineering consultancy, Multiconsult, has
purchased from Nigeria,” the regulator added.
of electricity on credit as been awarded consultancy contracts for the
222MW Rumakali and 358MW Ruhudji
country’s blackout persists ESKOM Hydropower and transmission lines projects
in Tanzania by Tanzania Electric Supply
Three neighbouring countries bought a total Company Limited (TANESCO).
amount of electricity worth $81.48bn from Eskom urges consumers to Feasibility studies, preparation of the
Nigeria in the last two years, even as many tender documents and conceptual design, as
households and businesses in the country cut power usage well as the environmental and social impact
continued to suffer blackout. assessment studies for the two proposed
The invoices given to the Republics of Eskom is urging consumers to reduce their hydropower projects and corresponding
Togo, Niger and Benin for the electricity electricity use as the power system is under transmission lines are to be undertaken by
supplied to them from Nigeria in 2018 pressure due to failures at the Tutuka plant. Multiconsult.
and 2019 totalled $81.48bn, an analysis of The power utility on Wednesday issued a According to Hilde Gillebo, Executive
data obtained from the Nigerian Electricity statement warning that generation capacity is Vice President Energy of Multiconsult, the
Regulatory Commission has shown. expected to be constrained for the remainder company is proud to participate in the energy
Niger bought electricity worth $26.03bn of the week. development in Tanzania by being awarded
in the two-year period while Togo and Benin “Four generation units at the Tutuka power these large and important projects, which
imported $55.45bn electricity from Nigeria. station have suffered breakdowns over the will be significant in meeting the country’s
Power generation in the country has past few days, which has added to the capacity increasing electricity demand.
been hovering between 3,000 megawatts and constraints. “Despite a huge hydropower and solar
4,500MW in the past few years, despite the “These constraints have been exacerbated potential, only an estimated 36.6% of the
privatisation of the sector in 2013. by the unavailability of three non-commercial population in Tanzania currently has access
The national grid has continued to suffer units at the Kusile and Medupi stations, as to electricity. The Tanzania government has
system collapse over the years amid lack of well as the long term outages at the Camden set aggressive electrification targets, aiming
spinning reserve that is meant to forestall such
occurrences. Between November 1, 2013 and
May 2020, the number of total grid collapse
recorded was 83 while the grid partially
collapsed 25 times.
However, Nigeria, through some of
its power plants, sell electricity to the
neighbouring countries, which are classified
as international customers.
Niger’s power firm, Societe Nigerienne
d’electricite, received a total invoice of
N3.01bn for electricity supply from Nigeria
in the first quarter of 2019; N3.69bn in Q2;
N4.1bn in Q3; and N2.07 in Q4.
In 2018, NIGELEC received an invoice of
$2.89bn in Q1; $3.56bn in Q2; $3.63bn in Q3:
and $3.08bn in Q4.
Communaute Electrique du Benin, a
power firm owned by Togo and Benin,

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