By SUNDAY ABBA, Abuja
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in compliance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electricity Act 2023 as amended, has issued an order transferring regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Plateau State from the Commission to the Plateau State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC).
Recall that with the EA 2023, the Commission retains the role as a central regulator with regulatory oversight of inter-state/international generation, transmission, supply, trading and system operations.
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 NERC to transfer regulatory authority over electricity operations in the state to the State Regulator.
The Commission in a transfer Order issued on seen on its X (formally Twitter handle) on Friday, affirmed the government of Plateau had complied with the conditions precedent in the laws by duly notifying NERC and requested the transfer of regulatory oversight of the intrastate electricity market in Plateau State.
The NERC in the transfer Order has thereby directed Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) PLC to incorporate a subsidiary (JEDC SubCo) to assume responsibilities for the intrastate supply and distribution of electricity in Plateau State from JED.
All transfers envisaged by this order shall be completed by 12th September 2025.
States such as Kogi, Enugu, Ekiti, Ondo, Imo, Oyo, and Edo have earlier secured the transfer of authority from NERC to regulate their electricity markets.