NISO unveils new logo, mission for electricity market

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) on Tuesday unveiled its brand identity towards a reliable grid and transparent electricity market.

According to NISO, the new logo represents energy flow, balance, structure, motion, and control, reflecting its role in managing Nigeria’s electricity grid.

Earlier in April, the Nigerian government took a significant step towards reforming the country’s electricity sector by unbundling the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) into two entities.

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, at the time, said the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) transmission sub-sector has been identified as a critical weak point in the electricity value chain.

“To align with the Electricity Act 2023 and the industry’s demands, it’s time to restructure the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) into two entities: the Independent System Operator (ISO) and the Transmission Service Provider (TSP),” Mr Adelabu said.

Under the new structure, the TSP will oversee TCN’s physical infrastructure, including transmission towers, power lines, and substations, while the NISO will take charge of system operations, managing load allocation from generation companies to distribution companies and eligible customers.

Speaking at the logo unveiling in Abuja on Tuesday, Abdu Mohammed, managing director/chief executive officer of NISO, said the logo is more than just a design; but represents the organisation’s identity, mandate, and moment in Nigeria’s electricity history.

“The unveiling of the NISO logo, mission, vision and core values. This is more than just a design to be displayed on our tangible assets. Today marks a deeper alignment between our identity, mandate, and moment in Nigeria’s electricity history.

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“NISO did not emerge from thin air. It was born out of reform mandated by law and driven by a national imperative for transparency, neutrality, and reliability in grid operations and electricity market coordination. The Electricity Act 2023, which repealed the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) of 2005, did not just change the rules, it changed the structure.

“And in that structure, NERC took a bold and necessary step to ring-fence the ISO functions from TCN and birth a fully independent system operator. A system operator with a name, a face, and a mission of its own,” Mr Mohammed said.

He added that the mission of NISO is clear and unambiguous to manage Nigeria’s electricity grid with reliability, efficiency, and transparency, enabling a sustainable and competitive power sector that drives economic growth and improves quality of life.

“Our logo represents energy flow and balance. It reflects structure. It reflects motion. And above all, it reflects control. The kind of control a system operator must maintain over an increasingly complex power system. Our vision dares us to be bold, an established electricity market that empowers economic growth and sustainable energy for national development. It means we coordinate the grid without bias.

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“We make market decisions without fear or favour. We plan for the future, not just respond to emergencies. It means we exist to serve all participants in the NESI, distribution companies, generation companies, eligible customers and other market participants fairly, professionally and transparently. That is what this new brand stands for,” he said.

Mr Mohammed noted that Nigeria’s electricity supply depends on trust in the market and the grid.

In his remarks, Babaji Ibironke, NISO executive director of finance and corporate services, said the new logo was designed to embody NISO’s personality, grid and connection motifs.

“The logo stands for transparency, innovation and service to the nation,” he said.