By Udeme Akpan
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Engr. Jennifer Adighije, has said the company is ready to supply an additional 1,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Lagos.
She disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mrs. Temitope George, in Lagos.
According to her, the company currently has about 2,000MW of stranded generation capacity.
She stated that Lagos currently receives about 1,000MW from the national grid despite having an estimated electricity demand of nearly 12,000MW, resulting in a significant supply shortfall.
The managing director said the company is prepared to help close part of the gap through increased generation capacity and strategic investments.
She said: “Our mandate is fundamentally to scale up power generation alongside the associated transmission and distribution networks.
“We are uniquely positioned in the power sector because our operations cut across the entire electricity value chain — from gas to generation, transmission and distribution.”
She noted that NDPHC owns some of the largest power generation assets in sub-Saharan Africa, with an installed generation capacity of about 4,000MW, adding that between 400MW and 500MW are currently dispatched daily due to operational constraints.
Adighije added that the recently published Lagos Electricity Market Report highlighted a substantial demand-supply imbalance in the state, which NDPHC is eager to help address through strategic collaboration with Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission.
She said: “This is the role we want to play. That is why we are engaging with LASERC to support the scaling and acceleration of distributed access to electricity in Lagos State.
“The Lagos electricity market is very lucrative and dynamic. This is a market where we are willing to make huge investments.
“In the past, our investments were largely intervention-based, but now we are looking at a market where there is a clear path to investment recovery.”
On her part, the Managing Director of Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mrs. Temitope George, expressed the Lagos State Government’s commitment to improving electricity supply and expanding energy access across the state.
“We are excited to receive NDPHC, one of the largest power generation companies in Nigeria,” George said.
“The company has already made significant investments in Lagos, and we recognise that there are still infrastructure gaps that must be addressed.
“With the NDPHC Managing Director’s visit and the company’s willingness to partner with Lagos to provide power and invest in infrastructure, we are optimistic that residents will begin to experience improved and more reliable electricity supply in the near future.”
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