Section 7: General functions of the Authority.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Authority shall be charged with the general duty of
(a) managing, maintaining and working the electricity undertakings, which are vested in the Authority under this Act and such other electricity undertakings as may be acquired by the Authority by or under the provisions of this Act;
(b) establishing, managing, maintaining and working such electricity undertakings as the Authority may deem it expedient, to establish in the public interest;
(c) supplying electricity and promoting economic and efficient electricity generation, distribution and supply at reasonable prices; and
(d) using any ancillary works for the generation of electricity, the improvement of navigation of inland waterways and the promotion of pisciculture.
(2) In connection with the discharge of its duties under subsection (1) of this section, the Authority shall have power
(a) to generate, transmit, transform, distribute, and sell electricity, either in bulk or to individual consumers in any part of Nigeria and shall for such purposes have and be subject to all the rights, powers, obligations and duties conferred or imposed by the Electricity Act on a licensee;
(b) to construct, reconstruct, maintain and operate electric generating stations, transmission and distribution lines on, above or below ground, transformer stations and all other stations, buildings and works necessary for carrying out its duties under this Act, including the abstraction of water from any lake, river, stream or other natural source and the doing of all such acts as may be necessary for the purpose of utilising and returning the water so abstracted: Provided that all water not consumed, shall be returned in a condition not less pure than when it was abstracted;
(c) with the approval of the Minister, to generate electricity in Nigeria in partnership with other person or persons or to take shares in any company incorporated for the purpose of generating electricity in Nigeria;
(d) with the approval of, and in such manner as may be authorised by the Minister, to enter into agreements with any person, authority or government department established for the production of electrical energy in the countries bordering on and near to Nigeria, for the purchase, sale or interchange of electricity;
(e) with the approval of the Minister, to make bye-laws for regulating navigation in waters on or adjoining lands, under the control of the Authority; but no bye-law made in pursuance of this section shall come into force before it is confirmed by the President; and
(f) to do anything which in its opinion is calculated to facilitate the carrying on of its duties under this Act.