The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has granted Nigerian Breweries a permit to generate captive power. The NDA, a military organisation in Kaduna State, and a few institutions are among the other applicants who received permits.
The NERC allowed the Nigerian Breweries to produce up to 41MW of captive power for its operations in the states of Abia, Oyo, and Enugu. When a business generates electricity for its consumption without selling it to outside parties, this is known as captive power generation.
The licenses, which totalled 63.36 megawatts (MW), were issued in the third quarter of 2024, according to NERC’s quarterly report available to BrandSpur Nigeria news today.
It partly reads: “Captive power generation permits are issued to entities that intend to own and maintain power plants exclusively for their own consumption i.e. no sale of electricity generated from the plant to any third party.
“The Commission approved the grant of captive power generation permits to eleven (11) applicants (gross capacity of 63.36MW),” it added.
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The commission reports that the University of Calabar and its Teaching Hospital in Cross River State obtained permission for the 7MW of power generation, while the University of Abuja was authorised to produce 3MW. The University of Maiduguri and its Teaching Hospital in Borno will produce 12MW, while Michael Okpara University of Agriculture in Abia State was permitted to produce 3MW.
Furthermore, the Federal University Gashua in Yobe received approval for 1.50MW, while the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, Ogun State, was allowed to generate 3MW. Additionally, the NDA received NERC approval to produce 2.50MW of power.
