Leadership Workshop Series
Captive and Embedded Power in Nigeria
How the market works, why the gap exists, and where the commercial openings are
Taught by Mr. Christian Oribhabor, Power Business Development Manager
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Captive power defined, and why its Nigerian market keeps growing
A working guide to Nigeria's power market and the captive and embedded generation models that are growing inside its supply gap.
About this course
This course is built from a GEPA leadership workshop delivered by a power business development manager with more than a decade in Nigeria's electricity market. It starts with the fundamentals: installed capacity against what actually reaches customers, the aggregate technical, commercial and collection losses that swallow value along the chain, and who does what across generation, transmission and distribution after the Electricity Act 2023.
From there it moves to the substance of the session. Captive power is generation on site for your own use, from a household generator up to a 33 MW industrial plant. Embedded power is generation into a distribution company's own network, in partnership with that company, to supplement the limited allocation the disco receives from the national grid. The course sets out how each model works, what is driving demand for both, the named projects already running in Nigeria, and where the speaker expects the sector to be in five years.
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The last part of the session was a question and answer exchange with the room, and it is carried here as its own module. It covers the coming supply licence regime that would separate distribution from retail, a plain-language breakdown of ATC&C losses, and very practical routes into the market for someone with no capital and no company.
It is written for energy professionals who want to understand the commercial logic of decentralised power in Nigeria well enough to act on it, whether that means advising a client, building a business, or targeting a role.
What you will be able to do
- Explain the gap between Nigeria's installed capacity and the power that actually reaches customers, and what causes it
- Describe the roles of gencos, NBET, NISO, the TSP, discos and NERC across the value chain
- Distinguish captive power from embedded power and identify which model fits a given customer
- Assess the trends and policy changes making decentralised power commercially attractive in Nigeria
- Identify which customer segments captive and embedded projects are targeting and why
- Choose a realistic entry point into the market from your current position and skill set
Who this course is for
- Engineers and technical staff working in generation, transmission or distribution
- Project developers and investors looking at Nigerian power assets
- Consultants, lawyers and commercial staff serving energy clients
- Professionals in oil, gas or telecoms considering a move into power
- Entrepreneurs looking for a first commercial foothold in the sector
Curriculum
Course structure
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3 lessons
Module 1
Inside the Nigerian power sector
The size of the supply gap, who does what across generation, transmission and distribution, and the six problems the speaker put behind the shortfall.
- The supply gap and how the sector is put together Free preview 5 minutes
- Distribution, the voltage chain and why generation is so low 5 minutes
- Collection, access, ageing assets and the subsidy problem 4 minutes
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2 lessons
Module 2
The response: private capital, reform and a rationed grid
What private investment, the Nigeria and Germany transmission programme and the Electricity Act have already changed, and how the central grid still rations power between the states.
- Private capital across generation and distribution 4 minutes
- Mini-grids, transmission deals and how the grid rations power 5 minutes
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3 lessons
Module 3
Captive and embedded power
The two models at the heart of the session: what each one is, what is driving demand for both, the Nigerian projects already running, and where the speaker sees the sector in five years.
- Captive and embedded power defined 7 minutes
- What is driving both models 4 minutes
- Live projects, target segments and the five-year outlook 7 minutes
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3 lessons
Module 4
Questions from the floor: licences, losses and getting in
The question and answer part of the session: the coming supply licence regime, ATC&C explained in plain terms, and practical routes into the market from wherever you are now.
- Supply licences and splitting distribution from retail 5 minutes
- ATC&C in plain terms, and what one person can do 5 minutes
- Practical routes into the market from where you are 5 minutes