Witnessing thousands of homes invest in Solar Energy systems as their primary source of electricity is weakening the pressure to secure national grid stability.
Great angle, OG. I love how you positioned your piece.
But we live in a mess of a country where we have to "fend" for ourselves and almost care less about the pressure we give to the public & private energy sector regulating our electricity.
Adopting a solar for my kind of work is utmost priority, with the fact that PMS is almost not a go area any more. Imagine 10,000-100,000 of me whose work is heavily dependent on nearly 18-24 hours power supply.
We can earlier say from 10 years ago that solar was for backup for our main grid. Today, can we really say the same with tariffs on board?
Thank you Samuel. Fend for ourselves is what gives these public and private sectors the audacity to not put the people first.
I appreciate that people like you and I have the luxury of solar - but where my irritation dwells is for the other 3/4 of the population in acute energy poverty despite the tariffs. Nigeria has one of the cheapest electricity rates in the world till date. As we've adjusted for PMS, if people receive good reliable electricity - they would pay for it than investing in shoddy Solar Home Systems.
These are interesting points Oghosasere. Energy has characteristics of a public good and the state should as such play active roles in providing the commodity to its citizens. Distributed generation in places where there is grid runs the users into cost disadvantages too. Remember the importance of natural monopolies in cost optimization.
That's so valid - the mention of natural monopolies but the crux for me is that the country does not produce any of the technology across this supply chain and face importation permitters as well. But as I reflect, the latest Electricity Act should be a step in for individual states to work for their citizens rather than waiting on the Federal Govt. Thank you for reading!
Totally agree… we need to stop finding alternatives to public infrastructure.
Great angle, OG. I love how you positioned your piece.
But we live in a mess of a country where we have to "fend" for ourselves and almost care less about the pressure we give to the public & private energy sector regulating our electricity.
Adopting a solar for my kind of work is utmost priority, with the fact that PMS is almost not a go area any more. Imagine 10,000-100,000 of me whose work is heavily dependent on nearly 18-24 hours power supply.
We can earlier say from 10 years ago that solar was for backup for our main grid. Today, can we really say the same with tariffs on board?
Thank you Samuel. Fend for ourselves is what gives these public and private sectors the audacity to not put the people first.
I appreciate that people like you and I have the luxury of solar - but where my irritation dwells is for the other 3/4 of the population in acute energy poverty despite the tariffs. Nigeria has one of the cheapest electricity rates in the world till date. As we've adjusted for PMS, if people receive good reliable electricity - they would pay for it than investing in shoddy Solar Home Systems.
These are interesting points Oghosasere. Energy has characteristics of a public good and the state should as such play active roles in providing the commodity to its citizens. Distributed generation in places where there is grid runs the users into cost disadvantages too. Remember the importance of natural monopolies in cost optimization.
That's so valid - the mention of natural monopolies but the crux for me is that the country does not produce any of the technology across this supply chain and face importation permitters as well. But as I reflect, the latest Electricity Act should be a step in for individual states to work for their citizens rather than waiting on the Federal Govt. Thank you for reading!