The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said the new electricity tariff hike would not affect customers being served less than an average of 12hrs of supply per day.
NERC said some service bands have been adjusted by NGN2.00 to NGN4.00 per kWhr to “reflect the partial impact of inflation & movement in forex”.
The commission made this known in reaction to reports of fresh increase in tariff.
CONSUMERS ASSEMBLY had on Tuesday reported that the Nigerian government has yet again approved an increase in electricity tariff payable by electricity consumers in Nigeria.
The report said that NERC approved over 50 per cent hike in electricity tariff payable by customers of the 11 Distribution Companies, DisCos.
A Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) signed by the new Chairman of NERC, Sanusi Garba, on December 30, 2020, showed that the new tariff increase took effect on January 1, 2021.
The new increment is coming barely two months after the implementation of the controversial hike proposed last year.
