TCN May Sue NERC For Transferring 132kV Customers To Discos   The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that it may institute a legal action against the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for ceding electricity consumers on the 132 kilovolt (kV) power line to electricity...

FG May Revoke Abuja, Seven Discos’ Licences   The Federal Government may cancel the licences of eight power distribution companies as the Discos breached some provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act in July 2019. According to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, the eight power firms...

NERC Commences Fresh Review Of Electricity Tariff For TCN, 11 DisCos   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has issued a notice on its intent to start a fresh extraordinary tariff review for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos). In...

Discos Deny Owing FG Tax Arrears After Privatisation   The power distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria have denied owing arrears of taxes to the federal government since the power privatisation exercise ended in 2013. Their trade association – the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), stressed that...

With N66bn Uncollected Revenue, FG Assures Discos Favorable Policies   The federal government has said it will initiate new policies to help electricity distribution companies (Discos) improve on their tariff collection levels. It also promised to consistently provide them with cost-reflective electricity tariff to enable the sector...

DisCos At Loggerheads With TCN Again Over Transmission Infrastructure   Electricity distribution companies under the umbrella of Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), yesterday, insisted that the inefficiency in electricity transmission infrastructure in the country remain a critical challenge to the level of electricity being distributed...