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  "id": "news-oct22-a3-nigeria-states-electricity-markets-act-2023-october-2026",
  "language": "en",
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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/nigeria-states-electricity-markets-act-2023-october-2026",
  "slug": "nigeria-states-electricity-markets-act-2023-october-2026",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-21",
  "sourceName": "Voice of Nigeria",
  "sourceUrl": "https://von.gov.ng/vp-shettima-tasks-states-on-electricity-market-development/",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 1,
  "tags": [
    "Nigeria",
    "Electricity",
    "State electricity markets",
    "Regulation",
    "NERC"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Shettima urges state electricity markets under 2023 law",
    "summary": "NERC reports transfers to 17 states; peer review remains a proposal.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "paragraphs": [
          "Vice President Kashim Shettima urged states to develop intrastate electricity markets and attract private investment under the Electricity Act 2023. NERC said regulatory transfers had been issued to 17 states; Shettima proposed voluntary federal-state peer review to support implementation."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Voice of Nigeria",
            "url": "https://von.gov.ng/vp-shettima-tasks-states-on-electricity-market-development/"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
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