Powerless: Nigeria’s unending struggle with electricity
Therefore, one can safely say that this year marks the 142nd anniversary of commercial electricity globally.
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Burden of an ill-conceived electricity tariff increase
Since one came of age, the power sector bears the trade mark of inefficiency.
Schneider Electric introduces new UPS smart solution to reduce total spend on electricity tariff
Schneider Electric on Monday announced the availability of a new category of Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPSs) smart solution from its APC, that can help electricity consumers in Nigeria reduce total spend on electricity tariff.
President Buhari speaks on new prices for petrol, electricity
President Buhari noted that increase in price of electricity and deregulation of the petroleum sector were crucial decisions that were taken at the beginning of the year, preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, and continuous delay in implementation of the policy of the “Willing Buyer, Willing Seller” and deregulation of the petroleum would be detrimental to the economy, placing the burden of regular light cuts and fuel queues on Nigerians.
Electricity tariff reviews’ll now follow service-based principles —NERC
NERC explained in a media statement that “under these service-based principles Discos will only be able to review tariff rates for customers when they consult with customers, commit to increasing the number of hours of supply per day and quality of service. In all cases poor and vulnerable Nigerians will not experience any increase.”
Paying more for darkness
“It is not true that Nigerians do not want to pay more for power but that they have been unhappy with the poor service over the years.
NERC puts limits on Discos’ estimated billing
By Jumoke Adelabu The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has placed limits on estimated bills that can be issued by electricity distribution companies to unmetered customers. It said it had cancelled the Estimated Billing Methodology Regulation as a basis for computing the consumption of unmetered customers by the Discos. NERC disclosed this in its order…