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NERC Grants Permits To MTN, Others To Generate Electricity

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  • The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) issued nine new off-grid generation licenses in Q1 2024, totaling 109.69 megawatts.
  • NERC is actively promoting renewable energy and mini-grid development by issuing permits and registration certificates to various companies.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued permits to MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Golden Penny Power Limited, Havenhill Synergy, and others for mini-grid electricity generation.

NERC said it issued nine new off-grid generation licences in the first quarter of 2024 with a gross capacity of 109.69 megawatts and three new trading licences, according to a report by The PUNCH.

The commission said in a report that Golden Penny Power Limited got a licence to build six off-grid gas plants in Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, and Cross River states. The total capacity is 100MW.

MTN was permitted to build four captive generation plants across Lagos State with 15.94MW capacity.

Aside from MTN, SweetCo Foods Limited, African Steel Mills Nigeria Limited, West African Ceramics Limited, Royal Engineered Stones Limited, and Armilo Plastics Limited were permitted to generate captive power.

Captive power generation permits are issued to entities that aim to own and maintain power plants for generating power for consumption and not for sale to a third party.

The commission issued nine captive power generation permits in 2024/Q1 with a total nameplate capacity of 52.57MW.

The PUNCH gathered that other licensed companies for mini-grids are Daybreak Power Solutions, TIS Renewable Energy Limited, Auro Nigeria Private Limited, Watts Exchange Limited, Centum Dopemu Energy Services Ltd, DMD Electric Limited Lagos State.

Section 165(1)(m) of the Electricity Act 2023 permits the commission to award licence of mini-grid concessions to renewable energy companies to exclusively serve a specific geographical location indicating aggregate electricity to be generated and distributed from a site with the obligation to serve customers to request service.

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Under this, the commission said it has continued to encourage the development and utilisation of renewable energy by issuing permits and registration certificates for mini-grid development.

A permit is issued to a mini-grid developer for the construction, operation, maintenance, and where applicable ownership of mini-grids with distribution capacity above 100 kilowatts and generation capacity up to 1MW.

The commission disclosed that it issues registration certificates to a mini-grid developer for one or more systems with distribution capacity below 100kW.

Source: The PUNCH

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