NISO warns of grid collapse as thermal stations face shutdown over Dangote/PENGASSAN dispute

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has warned that the ongoing quality betwixt Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) could jeopardize the stableness of the nationalist powerfulness grid.

In a connection issued connected Sunday, NISO explained that gas-fired thermal powerfulness stations, which supply the bulk of Nigeria’s energy supply, were astatine hazard of shutting down pursuing the onslaught declared by PENGASSAN.

“NISO wishes to gully attraction to the imaginable implications of this enactment connected the nation’s powerfulness sector. The nationalist grid relies heavy connected gas-fired generation, and immoderate sustained disruption successful state proviso would constrain procreation capacity, impact strategy operations, and undermine the stableness and reliability of energy proviso crossed the country,” the connection read.

It added that portion measures were being considered to avert a full illness of the grid, each parties should clasp dialog and lawful mechanisms of quality solution successful the involvement of the system and the wellbeing of Nigerians.

The relation reaffirmed its committedness to maintaining unafraid and reliable grid operations and pledged continued enactment for broader efforts to safeguard vigor security.

The informing came soon aft the Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), Dr Joy Ogaji, confirmed that thermal procreation firms had received shutdown notices from the Nigerian Gas Infrastructure Company (NGIC).

“Good time all, Thermal GenCos person received notification from our state suppliers to shutdown our thermal powerfulness plants pursuing directives from PENGASSAN. NGIC has specifically requested GenCos to bash so. Please each beryllium notified of the imminent acheronian arsenic hydros unsocial cannot prolong the grid,” Ogaji stated.

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