herbeedar:


Source: http://tribuneonlineng.com/fg-gives-states-autonomy-produce-power/

MrEdimulo82:


My only problem with certain pronouncements by govt officials; ministers et al is dat lack of consistency in such pronouncements while he pointed that out of the NEC act some other officials would employ needless bureaucracy to frustrate effort by the state to achieve such self sufficiency....Akwa ibom case in mind. Let's hope this will be sustained by subsequent official even in other areas of governance.

menxer:

The problem is sending the generated power from those IPPs to the national grid to be shared back to those that generated it in the first place.

Akwa Ibom has IPP, but do we have constant power? NO, because the power we generate is sent to the national grid to be allocated back to us.
That policy makes sense right?

We should be sending our excess output to national grid.

menxer:

Blue3k: :


Agreed but NASS has to make law change. Till then we have get permission to channel our power for our own benefit.

I don't think I understand your point.

The Minister didn't say anything about what happens to the power generated, unless the mini-grid he mentioned will address that, Only no law stops a state from generating power, which is true in the case of Akwa Ibom.

deomeelo:
This should not be limited to states, private entities should be allowed to step in like signing generation and distribution contracts with communities to generate and distribute electricity 24/7 and bill the customers directly and even lay their own transmission cables to cut the government out completely.

SalamRushdie:
Again Fashola is being economical with the truth ,Even though nothing stops state Govts from generating power there is a clause that makes it impossible for them to utilize the power but instead forces them to send it into the National grid so lazy northern states can enjoy free electricity .

arinzeejikonye:
Apart from the plethora of issues bugging down the power sector, it is not just enough to give nods and licence to establishment of ipp, the nerc fosters uncompetitive market, with clauses that allows for compelling inflow into the National grid system with risk aversion, so the hammer isn't hitting the nail on the head,

The off-grid chain market will grow to full capacity, but decentralizing the National grid system at a swoop at the moment will have a reverberating shock across the power sector, and the consumers will bear the brunt, however, I guess this slow approach by nerc, is to cushion the effects of the shock, and disintegrate the National grid system through a gradual time frame.

However, in line with the circumstantial situation;

There is need for reformation of transmission sector - the transmission company of Nigeria needs to act as commercial administrator, market operator and independent system operator.ease of liquidity constraints will dishamper the cumbersome accumulation of debt

Also distribution coys need to aid the value chain with provision of smart meter for consumers, To forestall some cases of loss

Lastly there is incontrovertible need for reformation of gas sector, thus liberalization of gas to power market, domestic supply obligation needs are to be considered to ease the price of gas, in line with the gas reform programme.

vincent10:
Reality has dawn on Fashola. It is more easier to criticize from outside not until when you are inside.

Actually there is progress, what we need is a sustained progress and not retraction.

udees:
No ipp in lagos that was or is built by the government of lagos state--it is a privates thing,the only two state in nigeria that built their power generation plant is Akwa Ibom State 197MW and River State [250MW] BUT Ameachi sold that of River state just before he left office to firs generation power company--Go and do investigation on this -stop promoting what you dont have knowledge about.
ok

SalamRushdie:
Again Fashola is being economical with the truth ,Even though nothing stops state Govts from generating power there is a clause that makes it impossible for them to utilize the power but instead forces them to send it into the National grid so lazy northern states can enjoy free electricity .

okooyinbo:

The number one reason is not lack of power, but the bureaucratic bottleneck and insufficient legislation. At least this act is not new. Fashola is pointing to the act, and I asked why he couldn't invest in the power sector while he was a governor?

juman:
Fake news.

APC repeat the same news several times.

ashjay001:

SalamRushdie: :
Again Fashola is being economical with the truth ,Even though nothing stops state Govts from generating power there is a clause that makes it impossible for them to utilize the power but instead forces them to send it into the National grid so lazy northern states can enjoy free electricity .

Not being economical, but, actually denying that false claim!

That claim, discouraged Tinubu from investing in power. Fash was able to do some with d Alausa n environs power supply project.

And, probably having actually studied d laws from d govt position, he realised it was just sabotuers policies that were being implemented!? The past govt employees were discouraging individual states involvement for personal gain!

osile2012:
give states resource control .

Bari22:
good news

SalamRushdie:
Again Fashola is being economical with the truth ,Even though nothing stops state Govts from generating power there is a clause that makes it impossible for them to utilize the power but instead forces them to send it into the National grid so lazy northern states can enjoy free electricity .

Blue3k:
The big things to pay attention to would be these if you didn't know about them already. The distribution part is interesting showing that states can get permit to channel MW to themselves. This permit Akwa Ibom got so it can potentially give 5 local governments 24/7 power.

Why must the states get permit in other countries of the world we practice the same system of government is the waiting for federal government before it gives her people light this is the reason why this Nigerian constitution must be change for the total development of the country

SalamRushdie:
Again Fashola is being economical with the truth ,Even though nothing stops state Govts from generating power there is a clause that makes it impossible for them to utilize the power but instead forces them to send it into the National grid so lazy northern states can enjoy free electricity .

MONITZ:
I hope states will be allowed to practise this holistically, and not the old way wen after generation, NEPA or NERC as it were will still be the ones to dictate where nd where to feed the power with, and end up shortchanging the real investors thru quota system of feeding the national grid with everything generated and from whence distributions re carried out to states that re idling away nd knew nothing about how the project came about in the first place, wat sort of injustice is that? ,these were some of the things that killed the Enron Power Project in Lagos, if not the light situation would ve been solved a long time ago..


Our leaders just lack the political will to solve the power problem once and for all because they use it as an avenue to loot, just imagine the 16 billion dollars in addition to the billions spent by Obasamjo nd Jona respectively,was more than enough to solve our light wen u take into consideration that the Itagui hydroelectric power project Of 7GW between Brazil no Paraguay cost about 20 billion dollars....

MasterChen:
If this is actually true, then it's probably the best piece of news I've read in a while

States like Lagos and Ogun have never been short of investors willing to invest in IPPs. The useless bottlenecks are the things holding them down. So many jobs will be created if this gets done. The number 1 reason why most Nigerian SMEs fail is poor electricity

But again, I fear the generator guys would scuttle it . Heck! they are the ones making the laws

vincent10:
Reality has dawn on Fashola. It is more easier to criticize from outside not until when you are inside.

Actually there is progress, what we need is a sustained progress and not retraction.

menxer:

Why you dey put sand for some people garri?
They are celebrating the return of PDP come 2019 to Aso Rock, the party that produced the leaders who achieved the bolded.