
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has invited prospective investors to express interest in buying 100 per cent shareholding in any of the five power generation companies constructed under National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) listed for sale.
The companies constructed under the NIPP are located in Kogi, Edo, Cross River, Ondo and Ogun.
It listed the five in-service generation plants to be Geregu Generation Company Ltd with gross installed capacity at ISO condition of 506 Megawatts (MW) and Benin (Ihovbor) Generation Company Ltd with 507 MW.
Others are Calabar Generation Ltd with 634MW, Omotosho Generation Ltd with 513MW and Olorunsogo Generation Company Ltd with 754MW.
Mr Alex Okoh, the Director-General of the agency,explained that the planned sale was in continuation of the ongoing reforms of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry and consistent with the Nigerian Electric Power Policy and Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act, 2005.
He added that the Board of Directors of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and the National Council on Privatisation had approved the sale of the five companies through a competitive bidding process.
He said prospective investors are expected to submit separate Expressions of Interest (EoI) for each generation company.
“Each bidder must be an experienced power generation company that owns and/or operates utility size power plants.In case of a consortium, at least one of the consortium members must be an experienced power generation company (the “Technical Partner”).
“The technical partner shall be responsible for providing operation, maintenance and management services under a long term agreement.”