The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) says it has returned 450 megawatts (MW) to the national grid following the completion of scheduled maintenance on the Geregu National Integrated Power Project (NIPP), with an additional 225MW from the Gbarain plant expected shortly.
The restoration marks one of the company’s most significant generation recoveries in recent years and forms part of a wider turnaround programme across its power assets.
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NDPHC, Jennifer Adighije, said the four-week extended minor inspection at Geregu—executed by Siemens Energy—was designed to enhance reliability, performance and efficiency while extending the plant’s operating life.
She noted that the company has, within the past year, revived six previously dormant gas turbines across its fleet, including Calabar NIPP GT4; Omotosho II GT1; Benin NIPP GT1 and GT2; Sapele NIPP GT4; and Alaoji NIPP GT3 and GT4.
The restored units, she said, would collectively deliver about 875MW to the company’s mechanical available generation capacity.
Adighije also confirmed that recovery work has commenced at the 225MW Gbarain NIPP plant in Bayelsa State, which has been out of service since 2020.
She described the restoration as a strategic step towards reactivating idle national assets and commercialising generation output to support industrial clusters in the Niger Delta.
Despite sector-wide challenges, Adighije said the company has continued to record operational and financial milestones. These include the retrieval of 110 containers containing turbine and HRSG components abandoned for nine years at Onne Port, the ongoing Light Up Nigeria Agbara industrial cluster project, and a 10MW embedded solar initiative for an industrial zone in Kano.
Other completed projects include transmission and distribution upgrades in Borno and Delta States, as well as the Afam–Ikot Ekpene 330kV double-circuit line.
She added that NDPHC has recovered more than $10 million in legacy debts from bilateral customers and secured $15 million in insurance claims from the Alaoji fire incident.
The NDPHC boss disclosed that discussions are at an advanced stage with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on recovering the company’s investments in TCN’s transmission expansion projects. The firm has also resolved long-standing commercial issues with ACCUGAS, resulting in an amended gas supply agreement that reduces government exposure.
To deepen accountability and strengthen staff welfare, Adighije said NDPHC has introduced procurement
