WIRE — The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has said that Nigeria's new mini-grid framework by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has moved the country's off-grid power sector from small-scale pilots to a more ambitious, utility-style market, with 48 interconnected mini-grid sites now under construction across 19 states. The managing director of the agency, Abba Aliyu, said
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