Energy · Nigeria
Obtain an electricity generation licence/permit (NERC)
Authorise power generation with NERC: determine the tier (register <100kW / permit 100kW-1MW / licence for embedded or larger) → prepare technical application → apply to NERC → grant.
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Determine the authorisation tier
- Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
- Isolated mini-grid <100 kW: registration only. 100 kW-1 MW: a permit. Embedded generation (via a DisCo network) or larger: a full generation licence.
- Project capacity; connection type
- Scoping
- Incorporate and prepare the technical application
- Applicant
- Incorporate and prepare technical and financial documentation; embedded generators negotiate a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with a distribution licensee (DisCo).
- Company docs; technical & financial plan; PPA arrangements
- Preparation
- Apply to NERC
- Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
- Submit the application with fees per the NERC Schedule of Fees. Statutory review is 90 days (practically 4-6 months for first-time applicants).
- Application; fees; supporting studies
- ~90 days (statutory)
- Grant of licence/permit
- Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
- NERC grants the licence/permit — 10 years for grid-connected operations, 1 year for off-grid — subject to conditions.
- Approved application
- On approval
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The numbers behind the decision
Knowing the process is half of it. ONYX also tracks the operating environment you are entering — daily grid generation, official FX, state-level input prices and inflation, and sector output — each figure source-linked and dated.