Grid Decentralisation

Background

Power supply in Nigeria has remained epileptic despite privatisation of the generation and distribution subsectors. Several issues have been suggested as the basis for the slow development of the sector since privatisation, but it has been obvious that the country needs to evolve a different solution. The decentralisation of the grid is one solution that may be the silver bullet that finally sets the sector on the path to sustainable growth and development. Notwithstanding, this will not happen overnight. There are a number of issues that would need to be resolved in order to achieve this objective.

We had considered a few of these issues in our earlier publication – Grid decentralisation – Issues Arising (Volume 1). States taking regulatory control over the supply of electricity in their domains will not on its own lead to improved power supply. It is a useful first step, but all of these other issues must be resolved in order to create a viable State