Tag: Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)

According to the document, the increase followed the approval by NERC.

The group alleged that the discos failed to comply with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Order on capping of ...

The proposed Lagos State electricity policy is designed to be complementary, and not adversarial to existing structures under the EPRSA.

The lawmakers say NERC should suspend the planned increase slated for June in view of the current harsh economic situation ...

A serious State government should see regulation of electricity distribution as a great opportunity to bring home meaningful development.

Under a liberalised end user metering policy, the responsibility to provide meters would now be borne by the electricity customer.

“This trend involves the illegal passing of wires through the roof and ceiling before connecting to a pre-paid meter,” says ...

The minister said reports that electricity tariff had been increased by 50 per cent are inaccurate.

The professor says there is hardly any university that can afford to pay the new exorbitant charges in the country.

Since its establishment, the electricity regulator, NERC, has been mired in financial scandals.

NERC had on September 28 directed the power distribution companies to suspend the implementation of their tariffs review for two ...

The decision came following an agreement between the federal government and the organised labour.

The order by NERC said that from Sept. 28 to Oct. 11, the DisCos must revert all charges to the ...

NERC ordered that all tariffs and market obligations by the DISCOs should revert to rates applicable as at August 31

"This means quite regrettably that as oil prices recover, there will be some increases in PMS prices. This is what ...

NERC says a customer must be metered within 10 days of payment for a meter

Nigerians are calling on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to lead protests over the increase in electricity tariff

Electricity companies in the country on Wednesday began the implementation of the new ‘service reflective’ tariff as approved by the ...

KEDCO is in charge of electricity distribution in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states.

“In all cases, poor and vulnerable Nigerians will not experience any increase,” NERC said.

NERC urges Nigerians to disregard any reports of tariff increase as Buhari moves on metering.

The federal government also announced the payment of about N409.92 billion as severance and death benefits to the affected ex-workers.

According to the World Bank, the economic cost of power shortage in Nigeria is estimated at around $29 billion.

"...our regulator is warning us not to mention their name or the Federal Government in any of our communication about ...

The minister said the proposed tariff review was delayed by three months due to the COVID-19 outbreak and customer apathy.