NERC Records 41% Rise In Power Investors’ Payments Or Operational Permits The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said it received more money in 2017 than it did in 2016 from power sector investors who sought for regulatory permits or renew the licences they held...

NERC Encouraging Discos To Take Little Power, Gencos Says Electricity generation companies in the country have said distribution companies are taking less power than what they (Gencos) are willing to sell because of an “obnoxious new capacity definition” introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. The...

FAAN,3 Others Fail To Remit Operating Surpluses - FRC The Fiscal Responsibility Commission(FRC) has accused a number of agencies including the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria of failing to remit their operating surpluses to the Consolidated Revenue Fund of...

Electricity Consumers’ Complaints Rose To 153,227 In Q2 - NERC Electricity distribution companies in the country saw complaints from their consumers rise to 153,227 in the second quarter of this year, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission said in a new report. The regulator, in its report...

NERC Issues Licences For Additional 1,839.5MW   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued six new licences, renewed three and extended one licence for investors planning to increase Nigeria’s electricity generation by about 1,839.5mw The licences were issued in the first quarter of 2018 as NERC noted...

Gas Shortage Contributed 74% Of Power Limitations - NERC   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that a larger part of the constraints experienced in the country’s electricity sector in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018, was contributed by shortage of gas to power...