Nigeria may be teetering on the brink of another power system collapse as the quantum of spinning reserves aimed at forestalling such an occurrence remains low, according to reports.
Out of the six power stations meant to provide spinning reserves, only one had actual reserves of 9.4MW as of 6am on Wednesday, September 21, down from 17.4MW on Sunday and 30.4MW on September 10, industry data showed.
The power stations are Egbin, Kainji, Delta, Olorunsogo II, Geregu II, and Omotosho II, with combined reserve capacity of 235MW.
The reserve capacity and actual reserve of Egbin and Kainji stood at zero as of Wednesday, while those of Delta were 80MW and zero, respectively. Olorunsogo II and Geregu II had reserve capacities of 80MW and 35MW respectively while their actual reserves stood at zero. Actual reserve at Omotosho II stood at 9.4MW out of a reserve capacity of 40MW, the data showed.
This year, the nation’s power grid has so far recorded 22 collapses – 16 total and five partial collapses, up from 10 and 13 in the whole of 2015 and 2014 respectively. Total power generation stood at 3,645.6MW on Wednesday, down from 3,949.3MW on Monday. It had risen to 3,724.6MW on Sunday from 2,555.7MW on Saturday.
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