The customers, in an engagement with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on its official Twitter account, described the new tarriff being implemented by the DisCos as exploitative.
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NERC, which is the regulator of the Nigerian Power Supply Industry, made its intention known in a notice issued to the DisCos, according to a post on its official Twitter account on Tuesday.
NERC made the disclosure in its Fourth Quarter 2019 Report, obtained from its website by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
NERC said the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies only remitted a total of N74.20 billion out of the N193.66 billion invoice issued to them for energy received and administrative charges during the period.
NERC made this known in its Fourth Quarter Report 2019 obtained on Saturday by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos from its website.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission on Monday said the 11 Distribution Companies received a total of 172,833 complaints from consumers in the third quarter of 2019.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says only two out of 11 Electricity Distribution Companies in the country have metered up to 50 per cent of customers under their coverage areas as at September 2019.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission on Sunday said Eko Electricity Distribution Company recorded the highest remittance efficiency of 50.03 per cent in the third quarter of 2019.
The Chief Executive Officer, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Engr. John Ayodele, says upward review of electricity tariffs will solve the challenges currently confronting the energy sector in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed the Distribution Companies to ensure that electricity consumers are metered by April 30.
The Generation Companies in Nigeria have raised concern regarding the electricity tariff review scheduled to be effective on April 1.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says it has not directed the decommissioning of metres by the Electricity Distribution Companies of Nigeria.
Hon. Magaji Aliyu, the Chairman House Committee on Power, said this on Tuesday at the ongoing three-day International Conference on Energy, Power Systems Operations and Planning, ICEPSOP 2020, in Abuja.
Elumelu who said this in a statement on Thursday, urged NERC to “end all contemplations in that direction”.
A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum on Thursday faulted the plan to regulate estimated electricity bills issued by power distribution companies to their unmetered customers, billed to begin in February.
Sunday Oduntan, the Director, Research and Advocacy, ANED disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
Usman Arabi, General Manager, Public Affairs made the clarification in a statement issued on the agency’s website, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday.
The Association of Nigeria Energy Distributors says Distribution Companies are studying the modalities of the directive issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on cashless payment by customers.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission says Eko Electricity Distribution Company recorded the highest remittance efficiency of 43 per cent in the first quarter of 2019.
Usman Arabi, NERC’s General Manager, Public Affairs, however, in a statement on Friday in Abuja said it was still consulting with stakeholders.