Nigeria Pursues Unified Electricity Market with New Grid Audit Rules
The federal government of Nigeria and the National Assembly pledged support for collaboration between federal and state electricity regulators as the country moves toward a decentralized electricity market. Officials at a workshop in Abuja emphasized the need for coordination to maintain a unified national market. The Presidential Task Force on Power Sector Reset and Restoration highlighted that reforms create new interfaces requiring dialogue and cooperation, not competition.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) concurrently released guidelines for technical audits of the national transmission network. These guidelines require the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) to commission audits of 330kV and 132kV transmission networks every five years.
Transmission Service Providers must cooperate with auditors and implement performance improvements based on audit results. NERC believes these measures will improve the reliability and efficiency of Nigeria’s power grid.
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