The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has signed a power purchase agreement with the Kano Government to boost water supply in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Signing the agreement in Kano on Thursday, the Executive Director Generation, NDPHC, Mr Kassim Abdullahi said that the company has a total installed capacity of about 4,000 Mega Watts(MW).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2018As I speak NDPHC has about 700 megawatts on the National Grid running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201d NDPHC has 10 generation companies and Alaoji generation company which would supply power to Kano state was one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abudullahi said that NDPHC decided to pick Alaoji because of the reliability and availability of power to be delivered under the agreement with Kano State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that Alaoji Generation Company has the capacity of 500 megawatts adding that the agreement with Kano State was less than 20megawatts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo we have a lot of power available and I believe this agreement will give comfort to the state that we have more than enough supply to give out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have done so much to ensure that the tariff we gave to Kano is highly competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201d We have also done a lot to ensure that the state benefit from the intervention as NDPHC has gone ahead to put in infrastructure and investment prior to the signing of the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have spent so much money and we are about to finalise the connection to ensure constant supply of electricity to the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abdulahi said that NDPHC had signed several Power Puchase Agreement (PPAs) across the country adding that the company has bigger capacity of megawatts with some customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n