Section 232 Electricity Act 2023

Section 232 of the Electricity Act 2023 is about Interpretation. It is under Part XXII (Final Provisions) of the Act.

In this ACT —

“Act” means the Electricity Act;

“affiliates” in relation to a licensee means any holding company or subsidiary of the licensee or any subsidiary of a holding company of a licensee, and unless the Commission decides to the contrary, subsidiary status shall be presumed to arise from the ownership of or the power to vote, directly or indirectly ten percent or more of the voting securities of such entity and holding status shall be determined accordingly;

“Agency” means Rural Electrification Agency established under Part XV of this Act;
“ancillary services” means those functions necessary for reliable operation of a power system, which may include, but are not limited to, services that would provide or permit the following -~
(a) facilities scheduling, control and dispatch;

(b) reactive power, and voltage control;
(c) frequency regulation;
(d) operating reserves; and

(e) black start:
“animal waste” means manure or any other material like bedding, milk house waste, soil, hair, feather or debris normally included in animal waste handling operations;
“Auditor-General” means the Auditor-General for the Federation,
“Authority” means the National Electric Power Authority unbundled into successor companies as recognised under section 6 of this Act;

“bio-degradable” means material that has the -—-
(a) ability to break down safely and relatively quickly by biological means, into the raw materials of nature; or
(b) proven capability to decompose into non-toxic soil, water, carbon dioxide or methane;

“biogas” means gas that comprises primarily of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen and produced by anaerobic digestion or fermentation of biodegradable materials like biomass manure sewage, municipal waste, green waste and energy crops;
“biogas digester” means an equipment that has the capacity to degrade organic
matter to produce biogas;

“biomass” means organic matter like agricultural crops and residue, wood and wood waste, animal waste, aquatic plants and organic components of municipal
and industrial waste;

“captive generation” means generation of electricity for the purpose of consumption by the generator and which is consumed by the generator itself and not sold to a third party;
“Code of Conduct” means any rules established by the Commission governing behavior, relationships, ard practices between licensees and their affiliates;

“cogeneration” means a process which simultaneously produces two or more forms of useful energy (including electricity);

“Commission” means the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission established under Part V of this Act:
“Companies and Allied Matters Act” means the Companies and Allied Matters Act, No. 3, 2020;
“competition transition charge” means any charge prescribed under section 13 of this Act;
“Constitution” means Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Cap.
C23, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004;

“consumer” means any end-user of electricity who is a customer of a distribution licensee, franchisee, mini- grid operator or other permit holders that is not an eligible customer and, for purposes of filing a complaint with the Commission and for any other reason that the Commission may determine, a person who is temporarily disconnected or otherwise without service, provided that a person who has applied for, but has yet to receive, service shall also be deemed to be a consumer;
“control area” means 2 transmission system or interconnected transmission systems, and interconnected generating units, bounded by metering and telemetry equipment that permits a system operator to apply a generation control scheme in order to —

(a) match the electrical output of the generating stations within the control area and energy purchased from entities outside the control area, less energy sold to entities outside the control area, with the load within the
control area;
(b) maintain scheduled interchange with other control areas, within the limits of good utility practice;
(c) maintain the frequency of the control area’s electric power systems within reasonable limits in accordance with good utility practice;