Nigeria: Federal Government to Connect 75% Households to National Grid by 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday projected that 75 percent of the population and households would have been connected to the national grid by 2020.

Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo who spoke at the 7th Annual Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE) in Abuja, said: "We are getting these things ready. Government is investing a huge amount of resources to make sure that most communities in Nigeria that are not connected to the national grid eventually get connected to the national grid. That is going to happen. By the grace of God, it will not be long. By 2020, 75% of all Nigerians population and all households will be connected to the national grid."

Additional powers in UK Govt's draft Energy Bill

The Government plans to introduce additional powers in its draft Energy Bill to provide certainty about the details of energy regulation that investors are looking for, the Energy Secretary has announced.

Addressing senior industry figures at an event hosted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Ed Davey confirmed that a new version of the Bill would be published next month. An early draft (307-page / 1.9MB PDF), made available for 'pre-legislative scrutiny' in May, has been criticised by the industry for leaving much of the detail of the Government's flagship Electricity Market Reform (EMR) programme to be covered by later secondary legislation.