Electricity Crisis will soon be over

This was an explanation to the Director General of ARSEL during a walking visit to some of AES-SONEL installations in the Littoral Region.

Some zones in Douala especially around the Bassa neighbourhood will be free from electricity cuts with the operation of the extension in Logbaba thermal plant and in June the operation of the first part of the Yassa thermal plant.
At the production Centre of Logbaba, the new thermal plant with 12.6 megawatts was said to be an added advantage. The reason for frequent power cuts, it was explained was because of a shortage of 30-40 megawatts of current. But with the operation of the new centre at Logbaba there are hopes for better electricity supply. It was explained it is going to be even better when the project in Yassa will go operational by June ending because it is going to add 41 megawatts to the 12.6 which will sum up to 53.6 megawatts and by November another 41 megawatts.
The Director General of Electricity Regulatory Sector Agency, known by its French acronym, ARSEL, Ndouga Hell, visited the Thermal Generation headquarters at Ndokotti, the new thermal plant in Logbaba and the Yassa project in Dibamba.
On his part described the job done by AES_SONEL as positive in work done.
At the centre in Ndokotti, known as Bassa two and three, his mission was to access the machines to know what is working, what is not working and why and also what can be done.
The spokesman for AES-SONEL, Theophile Ekobo Mbongue who is also Director of Regulation and Organisation in AES-SONEL explained the situation of Bassa two, where the giant machine which uses gas oil said to have been grounded for close to three weeks while in Bassa three one of the generators had not been functioning for some time too. These reports the Director General noted and also asked for a report from January to April on the consumption of gas oil.
The new thermal plant at Logbaba is functioning with high fuel which is black and thick and it is said to produce more than the low fuel or gas oil which used to consume more and production not very effective, this is the case of Bassa one which operates on gas oil.
At Yassa, the work done was said to have advanced and the first part is expected to be over in the end of June, which will add 41 megawatts to the output of electricity. The Project manager Chandan Saha was confident they will deliver in June and November respectively because the available material is in place.
The Director General complained of the problem of illegal connections and delays to do installations.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO