STAKEHOLDERS in the power sector have attributed the price increase in prepaid electricity meters to fluntuations in foreign exchange market, […]
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NERC hikes electricity meter price by 40%
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has raised the cost of electricity meters payable through the meter assets programme, MAP. […]
MAN kicks against impending electricity tariff hike
THE Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has described the plans to increase electricity tariff from July 1 as outrageous. The […]
DisCos receive 222,639 complaints in Q4 of 2021–NERC
THE Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) received a total of 222,639 complaints from consumers in Quarter 4 of 2021. This is […]
57 % electricity consumers on estimated billing, says NERC
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says 57.07 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were still on estimated […]
EKEDC upgrades infrastructure to boost power supply in Lagos – Official
EKO Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it is procuring and upgrading distribution infrastructure to boost power supply to customers under […]
The coming anarchy
By Dr. Sam Amadi IT happened in Owerri. Armed terrorists stormed a prison facility and released criminals. Today, Imo is […]
Discos achieve 46℅ of Their Metering Plan
Electricity distribution companies have achieved only 46 percent of their metering plan …
Nigeria Still in Darkness after repair of Escravos-Lagos Pipeline
DESPITE the confirmation by the ministry of power that the Nigerian National Petroleum …
Nigeria to licence Meter Service Providers
AS a measure to end estimated billing of electricity customers in the country, the Nigerian …
NERC announces Three Windows for Grid Renewable Energy
IN LINE with the national policy on renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Nigerian …
FG approves N39bn Loan for Supply of Prepaid Meters
THE hope of most electricity consumers in the country is to pay for the exact electricity …………
Power Generation in Nigeria Now 2,503gwh in Q2
ELECTRICITY generation statistics for second quarter of 2017 has showed a total average …
NERC May Review MYTO Load Allocation to Discos
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission is likely to review its policy on allocation of …
NERC Urges Customers to Get Discos Approval before Buying Transformers
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has warned individuals and …
Investors Interested in Power Distribution Networks – Fashola
BABATUNDE Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, has said that his ministry has …
Group Urges FG to Review Power Sector privatisation
SOUTH South Youth Consultative, Enlightenment and Mobilisation Council, SSYCEMOC, has …
Prepaid Meters: Residential Consumers Must Pay Electricity Bills – DisCos
THE Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED says directive by Nigerian …
Why FG Has Not Allotted 10 % Shares of Privatised Power Companies
ALEX Okoh, director general, Bureau of Public Enterprises explains why the federal …
NERC Says No Increase in Electricity Tariff Now
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission will not increase electricity tariff now until power supply improves …
Eight DISCOs Appear Before CPC Public Hearing
Eight Electricity distribution companies appear before the Consumer Protection Council investigative hearing into allegations of indiscriminate charges among others levelled against them by consumers …
27 Power Firms Risk Losing Licences
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission is to revoke the licenses of power generations companies which fail to meet their milestones …
Why Geometric Dispute with Interstate is Unresolved
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, is waiting for a nod from President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the dispute between Geometric Power and Interstate which has been stalled by lawsuits …
Lafarge Africa’s Power Plant Starts Operation in October
LAFARGE Africa Plc has said its newly constructed 220 megawatts power plant at Ewekoro in Ogun State will commence operation in October. Guillaume Roux, chief executive officer, CEO, Lafarge Nigeria, said the project worth $400 million (N78.8 billion) was executed in partnership with …
NEMSA Begins Nationwide Inspection of DISCOs
The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency is assessing the standards of electrical installations across the country to ensure safety of lives and property …
NERC Refuses to Fund NECAN
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says it will not fund the Nigerian Electricity Consumers Advocacy Network to enable it to be independent of the regulatory body …
NERC’s New Framework to End Estimated Billing
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission devices a framework to speed up the smart metering process to end estimated billing …
Abuja Disco Pays N8 billion Penalty
ABUJA Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, has paid total penalties of N8 billion to the market operator, MO, for imbalance electricity take from the national grid from November 2013 when the government handed over electricity assets to private investors. AEDC in a statement by Ahmed …
FG Urged Not to Takeover Transmission Company of Nigeria
Barth Nnaji, former minister of power, is against the federal government taking over the Transmission Company of Nigeria from Manitoba, a Canadian firm whose contract expires in July …
Trade between Nigeria, China Hits N2 Trillion
THE Nigeria-China Business Council, NCBC, has said that the trade relations between both countries had increased from $2.7 billion (N531.9billion) in 2009 to $13 billion (N2.56trillion) currently. The volume of trade between both countries within the six-year period represents an increase of …
NERC Checks Estimated Power Bill
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, is putting a ceiling on the quantum of consumption that unmetered customers in a particular class can be billed by estimation in any particular month. The NERC made its plans public during a stakeholders’ consultative forum at its …
NIPP Plants Built Outside NERC Framework
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says the 10 National Integrated Power Projects were built outside its regulatory framework, making it impossible for them to control the projects to improve electricity supply in the country despite $20 spent on them …
Court Stops New Electricity Tariff
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission is to stop the implementation of new electricity tariff on June 1 until the case in the federal high Court, Lagos is done with …
Katsina Wind Farm to Generate 10mw of Power
THE federal government will soon commission Nigeria’s first ever wind farm in Katsina State. The wind farm will generate 10 megawatts, MW, of electricity when completed. Godknows Igali, permanent secretary, ministry of power, in a statement, said that the 10MW Katsina wind farm has …
There is Fuel Subsidy in the 2015 Budget – Senate
THE Senate Committee on Finance, has denied the allegations in the media that the Senate did not make provision for fuel subsidy in the 2015 budget, which was passed by the lawmakers on Tuesday, April 28. Senator Ahmed Makarfi, chairman of the chairman, said on Thursday, April 30, …
TCN Wants Upward Review of Tariff
The Transmission Company of Nigeria is asking the federal government to review upward its tariffs to enable it remain in business and serve the country better …