Genco in Nigeria will be free to generate and sell electricity directly to end users across the country with a very little interference from the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) , the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has declared.

The declaration, which was signed by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola was made known to newsmen in Abuja on Friday.

Tagged as the ‘eligible customers’ regime, the declaration, NERC said in a statement on Friday in Abuja, was signed off by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola.

The statement announcing this was signed by NERC’s Head of Public Affairs, Dr. Usman Arabi. It said its declaration was legally backed by the provisions of Section 27 of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005 (EPSRA), adding that it represented a major policy directive which now grants electricity consumers under this category the right to buy power directly from Gencos almost unhindered.

NERC stated that under the regime, Fashola signed off four categories of eligible customers to become operative in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).

The first category of eligible customers, it noted, comprises a group of end-users registered with the NERC and whose consumption is not less than two megawatts (MW) and connected to a metered 11kV or 33kV delivery point on the distribution network. This group would however be subjected to a distribution use of system agreement for the delivery of electrical energy.

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Why put a useless clause? They should sell to everybody directly.

Nonsense, why not give individuals right to supply power to communities. I for one would like to power akowonjo and Santos layout all by myself and they can pay me for uninterrupted power on a pay as you go basis, not this nonsense they are delivering unmetered.

Sai Baba

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Nonsense

Smh for fashola

Very soon u will pass the back of your street only to discover that the power u hv not had in 9 month has been bought by your big olowo neighbour at the next street

okosodo:
Why put a useless clause? They should sell to everybody directly.

Unfortunately this wouldn't make sense

Minister of darkness, When are we going to get a stable power supply?

housing estates would be able to get this easily

make dem like make dem sell to sango directly na their own toro be dat

Trial and error regime.

Good move!!!
If sustained our industries will smile, while new ones will follow.

Nigeria Govt. is confuse

Fashola don dey get sense.

I don't get the distribution talk at the end

Infact I do not want to hear anything concerning Nigeria electricity. anything concerning electricity in this country is a waste of time.

Infact I do not want to hear anything concerning Nigeria electricity.
anything concerning electricity in this country is a waste of time. Infact nothing works in this country that has to do with government.

Good

Buking1:
Very soon u will pass the back of your street only to discover that the power u hv not had in 9 month has been bought by your big olowo neighbour at the next street

That is exactly what happened in my former area. A company bought our light which was on 11kv. I had to leave d area cause d only thing we had was light. Bad road and poor location.

Why can't our leaders get just one thing right in this country?
Overseas, even individuals with solar panels can generate their own power, sell to their neighbours and feed the excess into the grid and get paid by govt.

Why can't the Gencos sell directly to everyone without passing thru the discos with their cut throat prices?

I just don't get it.
We are happy to copy from overseas only those things that will impoverish our people and never the ones to improve and better their standard of living.

Many people posting on this thread, don't even understand the message, just to be on the front page.

This makes sense for people or community.

For instance take a look at some Jakande estates in Lagos.

Isolo
Gowon
Ipaja
Ayobo

And also other parts
Lekki phase 1
Parkview Estate Ikoyi
Dolphin Estate
Osborne foreshore
Northern Foreshore
VGC
Banana Island

These estates can go to Egbin in Ijede and purchase power directly.

A 3 bedroom flat or a single family house doesn't qualify here like some people are ignorantly claiming one baba olowo can purchase power on their streets.

Industries qualifies too.
PZ
NB
Guinness
Nestle
Cadbury
Coca cola

Etc

Ok

We are welcome by any form of which we Nigerians we enjoy this light .

Remove the clause, we don't want to dance disco again, they have failed.

what does this mean to average Nigeria citizen?


more woes

They should make it so that streets can buy it. Not just companies or estates. Dam you.