Nigerians can acquire meters without upfront payment from August—NERC
Considering the observed snail speed by electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in giving out prepaid meters in collaboration with Meter Access Providers (MAPs), the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ruled that electricity customers will from August, acquire meters without upfront…
Nigerians worried over NERC delay in releasing tariff cap on estimated billing
Nigerians yet to secure prepaid meters from their electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) nationwide, have accused the management of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) of connivance with Discos in robbing them off with arbitrary estimated billing. Venting their anger at…
Disocs owe Transitional Electricity Market over N263bn in 4 years
More details have emerged on why the needed progressive investments in the nation’s electricity sector had reduced to snail speed in the last couple of years, thus fueling regular collapse of national grids and nationwide blackouts from time to time….
Ikeja Electric begins MAP Rollout in Shomolu Business Unit
One of the major Electricity Distribution Company (Disco), Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has commenced the roll out of meters for customers in the Shomolu Business Unit under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme. While revealing that it has just completed…
Lagos risks darkness if Eko, Ikeja Discos fail TCN’s MO condition
Time is ticking away for the two electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) serving Lagos if they fail to meet up the required amount established by Market Operator (MO) to serve as a form of guarantee of payment for all amounts to…
Privatisation of power distribution designed to fail—NERC former boss
Former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Sam Amadi, has once again, argued that the entire unbundling of former Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in November 2013 and the subsequent privatisation of the power distribution segment…
FCCPC ends Lagos Town Hall Meetings, warns Discos on infrastructure, meters
Two-Day separate sensitization programmes carried out by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation, to facilitate dialogue and proffer solutions to difficult consumer issues in electricity sector ended in Lagos yesterday. Both programmes…
Green Energy Group secures NERC’s licence to generate 40MW
…As generation continues momentary drop, hits 1,431.1MW low More private sector investors have continued to cash in on the energy crisis bedeviling the economy as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has issued a licence to Green Energy International Limited…
MAP: Ikeja Electric begins delivery of prepaid meters for Ikorodu customers
Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), one of Nigeria’s leading electricity distribution companies has announced the roll-out of prepaid meters for customers in the Ikorodu Business Unit. The company noted that the deployment and installation of prepaid meters to customers in Ikorodu,…
Nearly one month after, rollout of prepaid meters hangs nationwide—Survey
Checks across the undertakings of all the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in Nigeria have shown that no single new prepaid meter has been installed for consumers since the effective takeoff date of May 1, 2019. It would be recalled…