I went through NERC website and found out that owning power generation plant less than 1MW is not regulated.

Also, owning and distribution power less than 100 KVA is also not regulated.

I see opportunities presenting itself in the face of protracted power outages. Streets (with eg 25-30 houses) and small villages can arrange and have 100 KVA distributed amongst themselves. These houses always run inefficient generators that constitute both noise pollution, ambient air pollution and have poor fuel to energy conservation efficiency.

My question is, can the owner charge for the power distributed? It will be cheaper than running individual generators. There are cheap China-made meters to check individual usage. It's just an adjunct power source, likely to run in the evenings and early morning as the case may be.

Again why can't LGs or individuals create small-scale industrial parks with 1MW constant power ? 1MW can aggregated by 100 KVA units, put online gradually as needs arise. No regulatory hazzles and will stimulate industrial development.

Please any thoughts on legality of this ? We've gone a long way and we need to think about community power generation adjunct to our epileptic national grid.

I have other thoughts like using biomass (sawdust, wood chips), biogas from waste, micro hydroturbine, solar panels(still expensive to deploy) etc to power this small plants for our commodities. We need to start thinking.

http://www.nercng.org/index.php/industry-operators/licensing-procedures

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@mesoprogress: Thanks for sharing.
Do you have a solar project site in sight?

What could be the possible tariff/price per kWh for solar electricity, if power is available for 24/7?

I think an ideal location would be a fish & meat market with ice block makers? Or electronics market?
Or a new residential building area?

have a good day!

iLoveTheSun:
@mesoprogress: Thanks for sharing.
Do you have a solar project site in sight?

What could be the possible tariff/price per kWh for solar electricity, if power is available for 24/7?

I think an ideal location would be a fish & meat market with ice block makers? Or electronics market?
Or a new residential building area?

have a good day!

Solar power should work well in all parts of the country, most especially Northern Nigeria and middle belt. "Solar panels are currently selling for as low as US$0.70 per watt (7-April-2012) in industrial quantities; the balance of system costs (inverters, racks, wiring, marketing) made the median price in 2011 of large (>100 kW) systems $2.60/watt in Germany and $4.87/watt in the US.
Price per watt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". Your offering price in kwh consumption depends on you, how quickly you want return on investment. If you want to tie it to grid, don't know how much they will offer you per kwh. Costs are improving, it should be much cheaper by now depending on the supplier, quality, etc. Have a wonderful evening!