The workshop, has the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, as venue, begins at 9am each day. It will have lawmakers and players in the energy sector in attendance to critically analyse the challenges impeding energy delivery and examine extant legislations/regulatory framework guiding the Nigerian Power Sector to determine if there is need for amendments or enactment of new laws that will galvanise the sector.
With the theme, “The Nigerian Power Challenge: A Legislative Intervention”, the workshop will feature presentation of papers, panel discussions, Town Hall Meeting, question and answer sessions after which a communiqué will be issued with which the Legislature and the Executive arm of government can work with.
The platform will also be an avenue for stakeholders to carry out a holistic diagnosis of the challenges impeding the development of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) and proffer solutions.
Participants at the workshop will be made up of all the stakeholders in the Power Sector from Nigeria and abroad which includes but not limited to the following:
•Principal Officers of the National Assembly.
•The Chairman and members of the House Committee on Power.
•The Chairman and members of the Senate Committee on Power.
•Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing
•Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
•Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET)
•Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)
•Energy Commission of Nigeria
•Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA)
•Nigerian Electricity Liabilities Management Co. Ltd (NELMCO)
•Niger Delta Holding Co. Ltd/NIPP
•NAPTIN
•All Generation Companies
•All Distribution Companies
•Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED)
•All IPP Companies Licensed by NERC
•Independent Power Providers Association of Nigeria (IPPAN)
•OEM’s eg.GE, Siemens, Alsthom, Pratt & Whitney etc
•NNPC
•Gas Aggregation Co. of Nigeria.
•Nigeria Gas Co. Ltd (NGC)
•IOC’s (Gas Producers) e.g. Shell, Total, Mobil, Chevron etc.
•Independent Gas Producers e.g. Seplat, Sepcol, Gaslink, etc.
•Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN)
•Chambers of Commerce
•Financial Institutions
•Civil Society etc.
•Labour Unions
