About 250 manufacturers and academic institutions have abandoned their respective power distribution companies to generate their own electricity. This class, many of whom are bulk electricity users, shunned the national grid amid its incessant collapse, high cost of electricity, fuel price hikes, and line trippings. Findings from different data sources, particularly from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), showed that …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued permits to Golden Penny Power Limited, MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Havenhill Synergy, and others for mini-grid electricity generation. The NERC said it issued nine new off-grid generation licences in the first quarter of 2024 with a gross capacity of 109.69 megawatts and three new trading licences. According to a report by the …

The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu has assured that the first batch of mega transformers under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) would arrive by September. In a statement by his Media Adviser, Isa Sanusi on Saturday, Aliyu said the transformers had passed the factory acceptance test at the Siemens’ transformers factory in Trento, Italy. In December 2021, the Federal Executive …