Kaduna DISCO To Deploy 100,000 Meters To Customers
The power firm signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with El-Sewedy of Egypt and ZTE Corporation during a recent visit of a delegation of its board to Cairo and Shenzhen to secure the meters.
According to the KAEDCO, the meters which are to be delivered within four months is comprised of energy, industrial and residential meters.
The company noted that the improved power supply expected by Nigerians after the privatisation of the power sector may not be realised unless the deep level of rot and dilapidation of infrastructure in the industry are tackled. The erratic power supply is also made worse by the activities of vandals as pointed out by the minister of power, Prof Chinedu Nebo, who disclosed recently that the nation lost over 3,800 megawatts (mw) between December 2014 and February 2015.
“Between 2014 and now, there have been over 200 incidences on Trans Niger crude oil Pipeline (TNP) in the east affecting Okoloma gas supply. There are also regular interruptions on the west, through the Trans Forcados crude oil Pipeline (TFP) affecting gas supply in the west, and Escravos-Lagos Pipeline (ELP) gas pipeline vandalism in the swamp of west Niger Delta.
“A loss of 200 million scf/day is equivalent to power reduction of the order of 700mw. On December 29, they vandalised pipelines that cost us nearly 1,000MW,” he said.
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