Dr Joy Ogaji, Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) on Thursday said generation companies were being owed about N1.75 trillion for power generated for the electricity market since 2013.
Ogaji spoke during a panel session at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) Strategic International Conference in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the topic of the session was: ” Power Sector Dilemma: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities and Strategic Key Solutions.”
She said the liquidity challenge of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry had made operating in the generation value chain very difficult for the companies.
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Ogaji said GenCos were currently owing their gas suppliers about N1 trillion and also servicing loans used for acquisition of the companies in 2013.
She said the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) needs to intensify efforts to ensure remittances by the 11 electricity Distribution Companies for energy consumed by their customers.
Ogaji said GenCos were ready to generate the power needed in Nigeria, but utilisation had been stagnated in the country for a long time due to transmission and distribution constraints.
“Just to give you a context, on Nov.1, 2013 when the privatisation took place, power was 3,427MW on the day of takeover.
“On Dec. 1, 2013, power had gone from 3,427MW to over 4,003MW and by 2020 it had gone up to nearly 8,000MW,” she said.
