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In Last 12 Years, Nigeria’s Electricity Grid Suffered Over 222 Partial, Total Collapses

Electricity power plants
Ministry advocates purchase of SCADA system Expert blames archaic, obsolete grid system*Report says Sub-Saharan Africa loses up to $28bn in GDP to power collapses In the last twelve and aRead More

Tariff Hike: We Have Nothing To Hide, Says NERC

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday responded to insinuations that it hid the latest increase in power tariffs from Nigerians, saying that the organisation had no reason to hideRead More

NERC: Why Discos Are Unable To Raise Money For Capital Spending

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
AFG, World Bank, others target December to eliminate tariff shortfalls Cut under-recovery from N1.8trn to N247bn The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said yesterday that the inability of the DistributionRead More

Confusion Over Alleged Hike In Electricity Tariffs

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
NERC denies suspending eligible customer scheme The Nigerian power sector was thrown into confusion yesterday over conflicting information regarding a resolution by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), directing theRead More

NERC Approves Five-year Performance Improvement Plan For Discos

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved a five-year Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and Capital Expenditure (Capex) benchmark for Distribution Companies (Discos), expected to run from July 1, 2021,Read More

NERC: Niger, Others’ Debts Worsening Illiquidity In Power Sector

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Urges FG, states to offset growing bills The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has expressed concern about the continuing inability of its international as well as special customers to settleRead More

FG, Discos Miss Prepaid Meter Installation Target

Prepaid Meters
Only 16,000 of over 1m devices installed Enugu, Benin, Ibadan, Yola Discos yet to begin deployment The pact between the Federal Government and the power Distribution Companies (Discos) to supplyRead More

To Pacify Labour, FG Summons Meeting Over Electricity Tariff Hike

Chris Ngige: the Federal Government vs the Nigeria Labour Congress
Gencos seek scrapping of NERC Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Federal Government has summoned a meeting of the Committee on Review of Tariffs and Charges in theRead More

Nigeria Loses N22.2bn To Gas, Others’ Constraints In Power Sector

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NERC explains failure of FG’s ‘eligible customer’ policy The Nigerian power sector has continued to suffer severe loss of revenue due to gas, as well as transmission and distribution constraintsRead More

NERC: We Capped Estimated Billing To Protect Power Consumers

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
FG hands over Afam Power Plant to Transcorp The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday stated that the Federal Government introduced the capping order on estimated billing for unmetered customersRead More