The Lagos State Government has introduced plans to extend electricity provide to above 3,000 megawatts (MW) from the present stage of under 1,000MW by March 2027.
According to a press release on the state authorities’s official X account, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on the fourth Lagos Business School Africa Energy Conference (AEC 2026).
The convention, themed “Securing Nigeria’s Energy Future: Policy Reform, Capital Mobilisation, and Pathways to a Sustainable Power and Energy Market,” occurred on the Honeywell Auditorium, Lagos Business School, alongside the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos.
Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, mentioned the state was working to mobilise a further 2,000MW by way of nationwide grid assets, impartial energy tasks, vitality hubs, energy barges, vitality merchants and embedded technology.
According to him, reaching the goal would require coordinated enhancements throughout the electricity worth chain, together with technology, transmission, distribution, fuel provide and metering.
“As part of efforts to end blackouts and build a 24-hour power economy in the state, the Lagos State Government has announced plans to increase electricity supply to the state to above 3,000 megawatts from the current level of below 1,000 megawatts by March 2027,” the assertion mentioned.
To obtain the goal, the governor outlined a seven-point motion plan centered on making the Lagos Electricity Market totally useful, growing technology, strengthening distribution capability, reinforcing transmission infrastructure, bettering networks and metering, strengthening gas-to-power preparations, and enhancing data know-how and market visibility.
The state is working to strengthen its transmission community, improve substations and distribution feeders, and increase metering protection to scale back estimated billing and enhance electricity service supply.
The authorities can be working to ascertain clear contractual obligations, enhance coordination amongst electricity market operators and regulators, and create a commercially viable atmosphere able to attracting personal funding.
The plan is meant to handle challenges throughout the electricity worth chain whereas supporting a extra dependable energy provide for residents and companies.
The governor additionally emphasised the significance of dependable fuel provide to energy vegetation and the deployment of digital programs to enhance monitoring, accountability and transparency.
These programs embody Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and the Lagos Electricity Intelligence Platform.
Sanwo-Olu known as on traders, monetary establishments, vitality operators and improvement companions to collaborate with the state in delivering the plan, noting that dependable electricity is crucial to industrial progress, job creation, enterprise competitiveness and improved residing requirements.
He mentioned the main target was now on disciplined implementation and measurable outcomes to assist a sustainable electricity market and strengthen Lagos’s financial progress.
In May 2026 the Lagos State Government had authorized 14 electricity licences and permits protecting off-grid technology, embedded technology, impartial distribution, metering companies and interconnected mini-grid operations.
The approvals have been issued by the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) at its maiden stakeholder engagement.
The licensing train represents a regulatory step within the improvement of Lagos State’s intrastate electricity market framework, which is designed to increase private-sector participation and enhance electricity entry throughout industrial and residential clusters.
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