By Stella Odueme
As aftermath of constant grid disturbances being witnessed in the past weeks, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said it has slated Thursday, October 24, for public hearing on the matter.
According a statement signed by NERC management, Section 48, subsections 1 and 2 of the Electricity Act 2023 (Amended), mandates the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) thus: “The Commission shall hold a hearing on any matter, which under this Act or any other enactment is required or permitted to conduct or on which it is required or permitted to take any action and the Commission shall hold public hearing on matters, which the Commission may consider to be of significant interest to the general public.
“Where the Commission is required to, or otherwise decides to, hold a hearing, all persons having an interest in such matter shall, as far as reasonably practicable, be notified of the questions at issue and given opportunity for making representations if they so wish”.
“The Commission has noted with concern the recent escalating incidence of grid disturbances often leading to marked outage in several states thus reversing many of the gains recently achieved in reducing infrastructure deficit and improving grid stability.
In this regard, the Commission hereby invites NESI stakeholders, civil society organisations, and the general public to a hearing which is scheduled to hold at the Commission’s Hearing Room, Fourth Floor, Plot 1387, Cadastral Zone A00, Central Business District, Abuja at 10:00 am Prompt.
