Lagos State is targeting electricity capacity of up to 3,000MW for the Lekki corridor as it prepares for rising demand from industrial and commercial developments, according to a report by Nairametrics published on October 8, 2026.
The target was raised by Adekunle Olopade, Executive Member for Engineering and Standards at the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC), during a tour of key power facilities led by the commission’s Chief Executive Officer, Temitope George.
Olopade asked whether a transmission project being developed by FGN Power Company could accommodate the corridor’s future electricity requirements, saying the state was targeting about 2,500MW, with the possibility of reaching 3,000MW.
The proposed capacity is intended to support expanding industrial and commercial activity around the Lekki Free Trade Zone and the wider Lekki-Epe corridor.
At the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s Lekki 330kV/132kV/33kV transmission station, Senior Manager Nelson Eke said the facility has 300MVA of transformer capacity and can accommodate about 240MW of load from Eko Electricity Distribution Company.
However, peak demand recorded at the station has reached only 120MW to 130MW, leaving approximately 110MW of headroom, Nairametrics reported on October 8.
The transmission expansion project is being developed in phases, with Epe identified as the immediate priority. The first phase includes a 132kV transmission line, followed by a 330kV station at Epe and additional connections linking Epe to the Lekki Free Trade Zone and back to Lekki.
The report said factory acceptance testing had been conducted and project materials were expected to begin shipping soon. The project is intended to strengthen transmission infrastructure as electricity requirements increase across the corridor.
At the Lekki station, the report also identified an underground cable fault that had kept the Lekki 2 feeder, which supplies Lekki Phase 1 and surrounding areas, out of service for months. The Lekki 1 and Lekki 3 feeders were each serving the area at about 20MW, while restoring Lekki 2 could raise Eko Disco’s offtake from the station to approximately 60MW from about 40MW.
Lagos is also expanding private-sector participation in electricity generation and supply under the Electricity Act 2023 and the Lagos Electricity Law 2024.
Projects highlighted in the report include Fenchurch Power’s 26MW Akute Independent Power Plant, Elektron Energy’s 40MW Victoria Island Power project and Sahara Power’s 12MW independent power plant in Ogba.
The projects form part of wider efforts to diversify electricity supply and strengthen the state’s electricity market. However, the 2,500MW to 3,000MW figure is a future target, not the capacity currently available to consumers in the Lekki corridor.
