The Federal government has vowed to disconnect generation companies connected to the national grid in the country over their refusal to implement free government control across their generating units.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, disclosed this under an Order No. NERC/2025/094, which takes effect on 1 September, 2025.
The order signed in August by the Commission’s Vice-Chairman, Musiliu Oseni, and the Commissioner, Legal, Licencing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, indicated that the move was to prevent national grid collapses.
According to the order, units that remain non-compliant for 90 consecutive days risk being disconnected from the grid entirely.
It further stated that FGC allows a turbine or generator’s governor to automatically adjust output in response to changes in grid frequency.