A LEGAL APPRAISAL OF THE ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR REFORMS IN NIGERIA

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A LEGAL APPRAISAL OF THE ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR REFORMS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

Nigeria’s electric power sector requires substantial reform if the country’s economic development and poverty alleviation programme is to be realized. Currently, the country faces serious energy crisis due to declining electricity generation from domestic power plants which are basically dilapidated, obsolete, and in an appalling state of disrepair, reflecting the poor maintenance culture in the country and gross inefficiency of the public utility provider. The government encouraged the private sectors to invest into the electricity industry so that, the monopoly created by the NEPA could be demolished and at the same time, some independent power producers could enter into the electricity sector. This understanding is behind the introduction of the Power Sector Reform Act 2005 which was recently initiated by the Nigerian government with the goal of privatizing the National Electric Power monopoly, NEPA.  Age long principles of democratic governance, of sovereignty belonging to the people, the people’s entitlement to participate in their governance and most importantly from the point of view of the topic of this paper, that security and the welfare of the people are the principal aim of government, form the theme of the provisions of section 13 of the 1999 Constitution.  In Section 16 of the same Constitution, the second aim of government of ensuring the welfare of the citizens seems to be pointedly enjoined as the state is mandated therein to harness national resources and promote national prosperity and an efficient, dynamic and self-reliant economy which it shall control to secure maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of the citizens and without truncating the rights of individuals to participate in the major economic areas.   Building on the analysis of the introduction of the Reform Act, this long essay intends to present the central issues that led to d enactment of the Reform Act, the key objectives of the Reform Act. This includes the legal reforms, the Act, the essential sections, licenses and tariffs, tariff regulation, consumer’s protection, the impact of the reform, the shortcomings of the reform, the innovations and the consequence of the reform.  This steady decline in the Nigeria Electric Power Sector has led to a near complete failure of the system at the onset of the present civilian regime in 1999. The Reform program also led to the establishment of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission in 2005 which was made responsible for the regulation of tariffs. This long essay will therefore also examine the role of NERC as a sector regulators and its impact so far in establishing a licensing regime that will be attractive to potential investors.

As Nigeria implements its national utility privatization program, it is hoped that this legal review will benefit policy makers and emerging managers and providers of electric service in the country

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ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER 1

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

100: INTRODUCTION

110: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

120: OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

130: FOCUS OF THE STUDY

140: SCOPE OF THE STUDY

150: METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY

160: LITERATURE REVIEW

170: DEFINITION OF TERMS

180: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 2

EVOLUTION OF THE POWER SECTOR AND PRIVATIZATION

200: INTRODUCTION

210: DISCOVERY OF ELECTRICITY

220: HISTORY OF THE POWER SECTOR

230: PRIVATIZATION

2310: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PRIVATIZATION

2320: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PRIVATIZATION

2330: PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES OF PRIVATIZATION

2340: PRIVATIZATION CONSIDERATION

240: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 3

POWER SECTOR REFORM IN NIGERIA

300: INTRODUCTION

310: IMPACT OF THE POWER SECTOR REFORM ON ELECTRICITY

320: PROPOSED REFORM

330: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

33 10: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

3320: POLITICAL ISSUES

3330: TECHNICAL CHALLENGES

3340: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

340:   OPPORTUNITIES

3410: EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY OF SERVICE

3420: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

3430: EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

3440:TRANSFER OF TECHNICAL MANPOWER

3450: ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH

350: RECOMMENDATIONS

360: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 4

STATUTORY REGULATORY SCHEME FOR THE POWER SECTOR REFORM

400: INTRODUCTION

410: ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR REFORM ACT 2005

420: INNOVATIONS OF THE ACT

4210: FORMATION OF INITIAL AND SUCCESSOR COMPANIES

4220: DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY  MARKET

4230: ACQUISITION OF LAND AND ACCESS RIGHTS

42310: CONDITIONS FOR LAND ACQUISITION

42320: ACQUISITION OF ACCESS RIGHTS

42330: PROTECTION OF LAND AND ACCESS RIGHTS

430: NATIONAL ELECTRIC REGULATORY COMMISSION

4310: STRUCTURE OF THE NERC

4320: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE NERC

4330: LICENSING BY THE NERC

4331: INTERIM LICENSES

4332: REGULAR LICENSES

4333: CHALLENGES OF LICENSING

440: EXTENT OF THE ACT

450: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 5

GENERAL CONCLUSION

500: CONCLUSION

510: RECOMMENDATION

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