- The energy storage regulation should account for the amount of energy individuals and households should store for safety reasons.
- Nigeria’s electricity market lacks energy storage, which incidentally is one of the shortcomings of the new act.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has called for proper regulation of energy storage in the industry. The Managing Director of TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, made this known during the ongoing three-day 2023 Nigeria Energy Leadership Summit in Lagos. Speaking at the event, the TCN MD, represented by the General Manager, Regulation and Compliance of TCN, Ali Bukar, said the 2023 Electricity Act did not tackle the storage issue.
“There should be a regulation in the electricity market to account for the amount of energy individuals and households should store for safety reasons. What is missing in the region’s electricity market is energy storage, which incidentally is one of the shortcomings of the new act,” he said.
In his comment, the Managing Director of Nigeria Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), Aliyu Tukur Tahir, said developing technical standards and regulations was the key to mitigating electricity-associated hazards.
Tahir stressed that the agency’s function was enforcing technical standards and regulations, inspection, testing and certification of all categories of electrical installations, meters and instruments to ensure the efficient production of sustainable electricity power supply. He added that for self-reliable and sustainable electricity supply, it is paramount to effectively mitigate electricity hazards.