FG Permits Versities, Defence Academy to Generate Electricity  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has permitted six Nigerian universities and the Nigerian Defence Academy to generate captive electricity. Also, Nigerian Breweries Plc got the approval to generate captive power in its offices located in Abia, Oyo, and...

DisCos Pay TCN N137bn Amid Persistent Grid Collapses The 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) operating in the country paid a total of N137.06 billion to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in the first nine months of 2024 as transmission and administrative charges, despite the...

DisCos Generate N466bn in Q3 as FG Shoulders N464bn Subsidy   The federal government incurred the sum of N464.12bn as subsidy payment in the electricity sector for the third quarter of 2024, a report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) showed. The report stated that the...

DisCos’ Revenue Collection Efficiency Drops by 4.76% in Q3 2024 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has reported a decline in the revenue collection efficiency of Distribution Companies (DisCos) for the third quarter of 2024. The efficiency rate decreased by 4.76 percentage points, dropping from 79.31%...

Nigeria Exports N181.62bn Electricity in 9 months - NBS Nigeria exported N181.62bn worth of electricity from January to September of 2024, analysis of data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. A breakdown showed that N58.65bn was exported to Togo, Benin and Niger Republic...

GenCos Received Below 40% of 2024 Invoice The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has admitted that power generation companies in the country have so far received less than 40 percent of their 2024 invoice. Yusuf Ali, commissioner, planning research and strategy at NERC, made this known...