Nigeria: Electricity Commission Halts Licensing of Independent Power Projects

28 October 2014

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, says it has halted further processing of license applications for the establishment of new Independent power projects, IPPs, in Nigeria.

The chairman/CEO of the regulatory agency, Sam Amadi, said the only exception to the decision were those projects captured under the "good cause" provision of the law.

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