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THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has stressed the need for electricity distribution companies or DISCOs to meter maximum demand, electricity customers within their networks on or before February 28.
The NERC had in June, 2016, directed the nation’s 11 Discos to conclude metering of all maximum demand customers not later than November 30, 2016.
However, in a public notice, it granted three months moratorium which expires February 28, to enable the DISCOs effectively execute the metering deployment plan, stressing then that failure to comply with the deadline will attract regulatory actions against defaulting Discos beginning from March 1.
“Any electricity customer on MD category who is yet to be metered as at February 28, 2017, should report to the commission through any of our forum offices,” NERC said.
The commission advised electricity customers who had advanced money to the Discos through the now wound down Credited Advance Payment for Metering Initiatives, CAPMI, to also make use of its complaint redress mechanism.
“The commission is by this notice advising electricity customers not to take laws into their hands by attacking staff of electricity distribution companies. They may wish to be guided not to resort to legal proceedings as the first option in seeking redress, but to explore the Commission’s redress mechanism to save litigation cost and time,” it said.
— Jan 30, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT
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