Electricity Act

The Decentralised Grid: How Small Businesses and Estates are Quietly Divorcing the National Grid

Obafemi Fawibe1 month ago1 month ago06 mins

Across commercial hubs and gated residential communities in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Ibadan, a quiet infrastructure divorce is underway. Commercial clusters, private housing estates, and small manufacturing firms are systematically disconnecting their primary operations from the national grid. Spurred by relentless grid collapses, steep distribution company (DisCo) tariff revisions, and the erratic delivery of…

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Presidency, Obi Clash Over 10,000MW Power Promise

Daniel Otera4 months ago03 mins

A fresh dispute over Nigeria’s troubled electricity sector has opened between the Presidency and the opposition, after Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, dismissed a campaign pledge by Peter Obi to raise power generation and distribution by at least 10,000 megawatts within four years. Onanuga criticised the recent promise by…

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43% Of Power Capacity Stranded As GenCos Demand NBET Payout

Daniel Otera4 months ago03 mins

Nigeria’s power generation companies have raised fresh concern over a looming N1 trillion debt, warning that persistent liquidity challenges and stranded capacity now exceeding N2.376 trillion are threatening the survival of the sector. The operators say urgent intervention by the Federal Government is needed to stabilise the market, improve cash flow and prevent…

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