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Electricity supply will be reduced in nine LGAs of Abia State, starting Thursday, due to disrupted natural gas deliveries to the Geometric Power Plant. Heirs Energies, which operates Oil Mining Licence 18 (OML 18), is the source of this gas.

The disruption is attributed to an unexpected change in Heirs Energies' maintenance schedule for 2026, potentially causing load shedding for up to four days. The infrastructure at OML 18 has suffered significant degradation, requiring extensive rehabilitation. Industry analysts note that the situation could have resulted in longer outages without accelerated technical efforts from Heirs Energies.