THE Nigeria Electricity Management Service Agency, NEMSA, has urged power users not to accept meters that come without the agency’s seal. Peter Ewesor, managing director, NEMSA, called on electricity customers to inform the agency about any meter without the agency’s certification.

“When this seal is not there, what you now need is to follow up and report to NEMSA so that NEMSA can go there and find out what kind of meter it is. We still carry out what we call on sight test for the meter to find out whether it meets the required accuracy and the required technical standards and specifications, in line with the metering codes the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission has put in place to guide manufacturing and supply,” he said.

Ewesor, who is also the chief electrical inspector of the federation, described meters without NEMSA certification seals as fake. He explained that meters were expected to go through required routine tests to have certification, having met environmental conditions and specifications to localise them for usage in Nigeria.

He noted that all agencies in the country must retool the way they deliver services. Ewesor said NEMSA had succeeded in improving on the time it takes to deliver service by 50 per cent.

According to him, the time of application for inspection to the time of certification, now takes only seven days instead of 14 days.

– Jun. 29, 2018 @ 10:19 GMT |