This installation will bring SBC’s total installed solar power capacity to 12mw, making it Nigeria’s largest industrial player using solar energy to power its operations
Nigeria’s electricity regulator has officially launched a framework allowing businesses and industrial customers to generate their own solar power and sell excess electricity back to the national grid, a move that could reshape how the country’s chronically underpowered commercial sector manages its energy costs.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission announced the commencement of the Net Billing Regulations 2026 on Thursday, establishing what regulators describe as the country’s first structured legal pathway for so-called prosumers, customers who both consume and produce electricity — to participate in the distribution network.
The rules, years in the making, arrive as Nigerian businesses have grown increasingly reliant on diesel generators and off-grid battery storage to compensate for an unreliable national grid.
The country’s power sector has struggled for decades with generation,
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