NERC transfers electricity oversight to Niger — Energy — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued an order to transfer regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Niger to the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (NSERC).

The commission in a statement on its X handle in Abuja on Friday said that the transfer was in compliance with the Constitution and the Electricity Act (EA) 2023 as Amended.

The commission said that in accordance with the provisions of the EA 2023, it retains the role as a central regulator with regulatory oversight on the inter-state/international generation, transmission, supply, trading and system operations.

It said that the EA also mandates any state that intends to establish and regulate intrastate electricity markets to deliver a formal notification of its processes and requests to NERC to transfer regulatory authority over electricity operations to the its regulator.

”Based on this, the Government of Niger complied…



Source: Guardian Newspaper