Why private operators cannot compete with PHCN

The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa, has explained that due to the structure of the electricity industry, it is not possible for private operators to build their distribution facilities to compete with the extant distribution network of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN.
She made the remarks at an in_house workshop on power sector reforms held last week at BPE’s headquarters in Abuja, saying that the technology in power generation allows for many participants unlike the technology for transmission and distribution networks.
“One can set up separate generating plants using any fuel source (hydro, gas, coal, etc) that is economically viable. At any point, you can have many players.
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