The Use of Portable Electricity Generators in Edo State Nigeria

Abstract

The use of backup power supplies such as generators fueled by petrol or diesel, as well as solar powered generators, has resulted from the constant power failure or epileptic power supply from the electrical distribution company. The goal of this study was to determine the amount of usage of the aforementioned backup power supplies in Edo State, Nigeria. The state has eighteen local government units that are divided into three senatorial districts: Edo North, Edo Central, and Edo South. For the investigation, a two-stage sampling approach was used. Each of the state's three senatorial districts had one Local Government Area (LGA) picked at random. Their headquarters were chosen at random from the studied LGAs, with Benin city coming from Oredo, Ekpoma from Esan-west, and Auchi from Etsako-west. Out of target populations of 1200, 800, and 1000 households, 1000 households were randomly picked from Benin city, 750 households from Ekpoma, and 840 households from Auchi. In the study area, 2590 questionnaires were distributed as part of the instrument. Only 2579 copies of the questionnaire were completed and utilized for descriptive statistical analysis (%) of the respondents' use of portable generators or other power sources. According to the findings of the study, everyone uses a generator, with 70.7 percent using it solely for domestic purposes, 25% using it for both domestic and business purposes, and 4.3 percent using it solely for business purposes, with 91.8 percent serviceable and 8.2 percent non-serviceable generators. The majority of people (80.2%) use petrol generators with rated power between 2500 and 3000W.