The Federal Government has directed that certain customers can now buy electricity directly from Generation Companies (GenCos).
The Minister of Power, Works
and Housing, Babatunde Fashola declared the Customers Eligibility in a
statement issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
(NERC) on Friday.
Section 27 of the Electric
Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) 2005 permits such customers to buy power
from a licensee other than the 11 electricity Distribution Companies
(DisCos).
The DisCos through its
Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) have opposed the
move saying the electricity market was immature and not competitive to
declare eligible customers.
Fashola declared four
categories that can buy power from GenCos by signing a Distribution Use
of System (DUOS) to use the DisCos networks or through the Transmission
Use of System (TUoS) if they are larger industries connected to the
facilities of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) directly.
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