Electricity Restored in Aba After 11-hour Outage Caused by Gas Shortage By Femi Anamelechi Electricity was this evening restored in Aba and the environs after about 11 hours, the first time the area has experienced a power failure in the last two months.The outage, which started at 4.33 am on Monday and ended at 5.06…
By Femi Anamelechi Geometric Power, Nigeria’s foremost integrated electricity group, has suffered its first blackout in 60 days.The blackout started at 4.33 am, according to Edise Ekong, the Senior Brand and Communication Manager of Aba Power Electricity Company Ltd, the distribution subsidiary of the group.Ekong, in a statement in Aba early this morning, attributed the…
By Femi Anamelechi Electricity consumers in the Southeast geopolitical zone have lauded Aba Power Electricity Ltd for supplying people and businesses in the Aba Ring-fenced Area of Abia State uninterrupted power in the last 45 days.Aba Power provides electricity to nine of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Abia State known as the Aba…
By Femi Anamelechi The Aba Independent Power Project, developed by Geometric Power, Nigeria’s only integrated electric power company has been described as world class by Mr. Richard Mills who is the American Ambassador to Nigeria. He made known his assessment of Geometric Power after he led a team of top American embassy officials on a…
By C. Don Adinuba On Tuesday, July 1, while travelling with him from Enugu to Aba, his phone kept on ringing endlessly. Typical of him, Bart Nnaji took every call and addressed each caller patiently, carefully, and politely. One call struck me in particular. It was a widow from his rural community who reported that…
By Femi Anamelechi Geometric Power has resumed regular supply of electricity to residents of ABA as Gas supply to the 188MW Geometric Power Plant has resumed three days after it was suspended due to what industry experts call a process upset and a gas leak in the associated gas gathering (AGG) facilities of a leading…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigerian electricity sector was abuzz last week when Geometric Power, Nigeria’s foremost electricity integrated company, flagged off the 42-kilometre New Ukwa 33KV Line. Nigerians were fascinated to learn that the project’s cost is a mere N1.8bn, in contrast to similar projects that cost four times elsewhere. Also of interest to Nigerians…
By Femi Anamelechi. There was a fire outbreak early this morning in a temporary building in the premises of Geometric Power, Nigeria’s foremost integrated power company, located in the Osisioma Industrial Layout, Aba, Abia State. The building was used by a defunct South African electricity firm known as Group 5 during the construction of facilities…
The European Union (EU) has expressed keen interest in partnering with Geometric Power to advance renewable energy solutions in Nigeria. Speaking during a special visit to the Geometric Power plant in Aba on February 13, 2025, the EU’s Head of Cooperation and Projects, Mr. Bassimo Deluca, highlighted the potential for collaboration in sustainable power generation….
