To increase access of Nigerians to electricity, operators in the power generation segment have urged the Federal Government to intensify the penetration of embedded power plants in the country.

In line with its ambition to supply power to Nigerians, the Federal Government has shown interest in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a source of power to deprived plants in the country.

Industry experts have recently proffered practical solutions to end the lingering power challenges in Nigeria, citing embedded power, cost effective tariff, and full privatisation of power plants and a host of others as the way forward.    The experts, who gave their submissions in Lagos at the PwC’s Annual Power and Utilities Roundtable, noted that…

About 12 power projects in the country, with cumulative construction value of N4.637 trillion and installed capacity of over 6,000 megawatts (MW) have either been abandoned by the operators or remained idle since completion. This is amid the country’s struggle to generate less than 4,000MW daily for consumers.