The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Jennifer Adighije, has announced that the Alaoji Open Cycle Plant in Abia State has been restored to the national grid.

The 450-megawatt power plant was shut down for three years due to gas supply disruptions and metering disputes.

Adighije disclosed this during a meeting with the Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, where she briefed him on the company’s efforts to return the plant to operation.

She explained that the plant was shut down in 2023 following disagreements over metering and trading points, which led the gas supplier, TotalEnergies, to suspend gas supply to the facility. She added that the situation was worsened due to outstanding financial obligations.

According to her, reviving the Alaoji power station became one of the company’s immediate priorities following her assumption of office in 2024.

“The good news is that we have completed all remedial works on the defective gas line. We have also fully defrayed our outstanding obligations to TotalEnergies, and gas supply to the plant has now been restored,” she said.

Speaking further, Adighije said extensive electromechanical rehabilitation work was carried out at the facility, resulting in the successful restoration of three generating units: GT1, GT22, and GT23.

The units, she said, are currently available for dispatch and can contribute approximately 375 megawatts of electricity to the national grid.