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The Federal Government has made the decision to cut down sales to cross-border markets in the Niger Republic, Niger Republic, and Togo in order to enhance the local electricity supply.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), which oversees electricity regulation, directed the System Operator (SO), a division of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, to limit power delivery to the three nearby customers to 6%.

NERC’s order, published on Friday, was dated April 29, 2024, and effective from May 1, 2024, was tly signed by the commission’s Chairman, Sanusi Garba, and Vice Chairman, Musiliu Oseni.

The directive, outlined in a document titled ‘Interim Order on Transmission System Dispatch Operations, Cross-border Supply, and Related Matters,’ will only last for six months, subject to change.

According to the document, power delivery to Nigeria’s neighbours must not exceed six per cent of the total grid electricity at any given time.

The electricity sector regulator expressed concern about sub-optimal grid dispatch practices, which have impacted the ability of Distribution Companies (DisCos) to meet their service tariff commitments to end-s.

“The reliance on limiting Discos’ load off-take while prioritising international off-takers and Eligible Customers has proven neither efficient nor equitable,” the document read.

NERC stressed that the current international and bilateral contracts with Generation Companies (GenCos) often fall short of industry standards.

It stated that many off-takers contracted bilaterally by GenCos exploit this prioritisation, exceeding their contracted levels during peak operations without penalties.

As an interim measure, NERC said the move was targeted at guiding the system operator and TCN in implementing Standard Operating Procedures to enhance transparency and fairness in grid operations.

The order also called on the system operator to place interim caps on capacities supplied to international customers for the next six months, minimising the impact on domestic supply obligations by Gencos.

The document stated that the system operator must develop and present a pro-rata load-shedding scheme to ensure equitable load allocation to all off-takers (Discos, international customers, and eligible customers) during generation drops or grid imbalances.

“The system operator will log and publish hourly readings, enforcing penalties for violations of grid instructions and contracted nominations. Maximum load allocation to international off-takers in each trading hour shall not exceed six per cent of the total available grid generation.”

It partly read, “The commission hereby orders as follows: The system operator shall develop and present to the commission for approval within seven days from the issuance of this order a pro-rata load-shedding scheme that ensures equitable adjustment to load allocation to all off-takers — Discos, international customers, and eligible customers — in the event of a drop in generation and other under-frequency related grid imbalances necessitating critical grid management.

“The system operator shall implement a framework to log and publish hourly readings and enforce necessary sanctions for violation of grid instructions and contracted nominations by off-takers in line with the grid code and market.

“The aggregate capacity that can be nominated by a generating plant to service international off-takers shall not be more than 10 per cent of its available generation capacity unless in exceptional circumstances a derogation is granted by the commission.“The system operator shall henceforth cease to recognise any capacity addition in bilateral transactions between a generator and an off-taker without the express approval of the commission,” it added.

It urged, “The system operator and TCN to immediately initiate and install integrated Internet of Things (IoT) meters at all off-take and delivery points of eligible customers, bilateral supplies, cross-border trades, and outgoing 33kV feeders of the Discos to provide real-time visibility of aggregate offtake by grid customers.

“The installation of and streaming of data from the IOT meters should be completed within three months from the date of this order.”

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They should also collect! All wastes shall be plugged…even giving birth to children and expecting government to raise them for you shall be stopped. We will all receive sense by force!!!😊

It's a nice idea, but corruption go gree

Akuko! Even the electric power supply, we no see. Na wah for the bully half dead giant of Africa

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Nigeria never get better light.
We dy see the one to sell to neighboring countries..


This country na wonderment..

Where is the light they are supplying first

Nigeria 🇳🇬

Adaisback:
Akuko! Even the electric power supply, we no see. Na wah for the bully half dead giant of Africa

But they said Aba has 24/7 power.

Liars ought to have good memories.

Reading this now, it sounds and looks reasonable but the right thinking Nigerians knows that nothing will change, this current government can never deliver anything good,all they know is propaganda and lies and corruption. Hopeless bastards in power.

Better

Make I see the positive impact first, before I comment

SMH, Imagine selling power across borders when those within your own borders are greatly lacking. Great move though.

Them wan divert am to satisfy Band A customers

This is probably the worst era to grow up as a Nigerian in your 20s

This country no balance

VERY GOOD.ENUF OF SUFFERING

Power supply as changed drastically in my area

Honor your agreement too so that babies in incubators and people on life won't die in those countries. Atleast give them enough time to find alternatives!

Good.


But still, we nor dey see light for Nigeria o
NO IMPROVEMENT HERE

Olalekanbanky1:
Make I see the positive impact first, before I comment

Better that way. Still wondering the essence of giving your neighboring countries electricity while you dwell in darkness is absolutely foolishness. Nigeria is the market and should be the industrial hub and manufacturing clusters that our neighbouring countries depends on. So, we need more energy than any country in west Africa.

Stupidity is when you generate and give out power supply to other countries, but your country is romancing darkness and it's citizens are nonchalant about it, assuming it was obi now, you will see the foolish citizens running their mouths.

I always wonder why we are supplying power to other countries when it is not enough locally and we can pay far more for power than those countries.

Good

Akeju101:
Power supply as changed drastically in my area

For better or worse?

Nigeria has been supplying and transmitting electricity to this countries for ages and there is virtually no record anywhere of how this monies are received or paid into the federation for sharing by the three tiers of government, never, so if we can't see the money then stop selling to them because of our own enormous needs and TCN complete lack of transparency

Wow 😮

This is far from the truth. It is likely that electricity now costs more in Nigeria than it does in these countries. Nigerian leaders as we know them had and will never prioritize the welfare of common Nigerians.