Nigeria has officially opened its electricity grid to solar sellers.
As of June 3, 2026, the Net Billing Regulations 2026, made under the Electricity Act 2023 by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), give commercial and industrial electricity users the right to feed surplus solar power back into the grid and receive credit for it.
Bloomfield LP, one of Nigeria’s leading energy law practices, has published a detailed plain-language guide to the rules on how new net billing rules give commercial electricity users a path to sell surplus solar power.
Here are the ten things every business, developer, financier and distribution company should understand before acting.
The basic idea is simple, but the economics are not
Install solar at your premises, run your surplus into the grid through a two-way meter, and each month, your exports are set off against your imports. Anyone who does this gets a new
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