The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has inaugurated three working groups tasked with implementing the new Electricity Act of 2023. President Bola Tinubu signed the new Act in June 2023, granting states the authority to generate and regulate power in their domains by removing electricity from the exclusive list.informationguidenigeria
Chairman of NERC, Sanusi Garba, inaugurated the Legal and Regulatory Working Group, Engineering and Technical Working Group, and the Commercial and Transaction Group during a stakeholders meeting in Abuja. Garba emphasized that the focus of the new Electricity Act‘s implementation is to empower states to take over responsibilities for making electricity laws in their areas.NYSC Portal
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“The focus in the implementation of the Electricity Act seems to be about states taking over the responsibilities of making electricity laws for their area.JAMB Result
“Arising from the workshop we organised in Lagos, it takes process for states to start regulating electricity in their areas and NERC is collaborating with them on this.JAMB Portal
“So, NERC has created three working groups that will focus on potential areas in the Electricity Act that provides that states take over electricity regulation in their jurisdictions. We have the legal and regulatory working group, engineering and technical working group, and the commercial and transaction group,” the NERC boss was quoted as having said.
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