Tag: NERC

NERC to Sanction DISCOS for Breaching Capping Order Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday gave seven Distribution Companies (Discos) 14 days to explain why they should not be sanctioned for breaching the capping order on estimated billing of customers without meters. NERC’s order 197/2020 placed limits on estimated bills that[Read More…]

Electricity tariff to increase from tomorrow

Nigerians will from tomorrow, April 1, 2020, pay more for electricity, Consumers Assembly has learnt. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had disclosed this in its December 2019 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and Minimum Remittance Order for the Year 2020. Checks shows that the decision to increase tariff[Read More…]

Consumers seek holistic power sector audition

President, Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, Mr. Kunde Olubiyo, at the weekend set an agenda for the Federal Government on the ongoing forensic audit of the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) should extend to the generation and distribution subsectors. Asked to outline areas that the government should look into in the[Read More…]

NERC condemns DisCos over meters

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has scolded some electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) who force customers to clear their bills before they are metered. NERC in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Usman Abba-Arabi said the Commission’s attention was brought to the practice of having customers of DisCos invest in[Read More…]