Discos, Gencos, others’ Shortfall In Power Sector Rises To N1.6tn The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan, revealed that the total shortfall in the Nigerian power sector has reached N1.6trn in eight years and that findings have shown...

NERC: No Hike In Electricity Tariffs The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has clarified that reviews do not automatically translate into an increase in electricity tariffs. The electricity market regulator made this known in a statement titled ‘Notice of Compliance in Respect of the Biannual Review...

DisCos Reject 371MW As Power Generation Falls By 25% Abuja Power supply from the national grid fell by 25.3 percent to 3,320.70 Megawatts yesterday from 4,446.02MW recorded last Sunday. Checks by Economic Confidential on data supplied by the National System Operator showed that as at 5pm...

Amid Worsening Electricity Crisis, Power Firms Owe Banks N861.14bn   The debt owed to Nigerian banks by operators in the power sector rose by 12.83 per cent in one year to N861.14bn in December 2021 amid the lingering problems plaguing the sector since it was privatised...

FG Says Discos’ Indebtedness Hits N326bn In Nine Months   The shortfall in remittances by power distributors to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company Plc and the Market Operator of the sector rose to N326bn between January and September 2021, the Federal Government has said. Latest data...

Discos Remit Only N265.03bn of N519.77bn Invoices To NBET In Six Months   Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) only managed to remit N265.03 billion of the expected N519.77 billion to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) in the first six months of 2021. Data from the Nigerian...