Disconnect Customers Rejecting Meters, NERC Orders Discos         The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday ordered power distribution companies to start disconnecting electricity consumers who reject meters. Recently, the Federal Government commenced the mass deployment of about six million meters across the country in order to halt...

We’ll Return Customers’ Money For Meters – AEDC         Against the backdrop of the recent introduction of the National Mass Metering Programme, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has said it will refund customers who had paid for meters. AEDC disclosed this on Monday on Twitter, saying the metering...

Despite NERC Capping, Consumers Lament Outrageous Billing       Despite a regulation capping the limit to which distribution companies (DisCos) can charge electricity consumers who are not metered, overbilling in the form of estimated billing has continued. Specifically, the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in February issued an...

New Tariff Illegal Without NERC Order, Say Electricity Consumers         The implementation of the revised service reflective tariff for electricity by power distribution companies is creating confusion among power consumers as some customers of Discos described it as an illegality. According to the Nigerian Electricity Consumers Advocacy...

Electricity Consumers Paid N1.27trn In Three Years - DisCos         Electricity distribution companies collected a total of N1.27tn from customers in the last three years, data obtained from the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) on Thursday have shown. ANED, the umbrella body for the Discos, said...

Electricity: Consumers Groan As DisCos Delay Tariff Hike Reversal       Against the backdrop of the suspension by the Federal Government of the recent electricity tariff hike, electricity consumers lamented on Wednesday the delay by the distribution companies in reverting to the old rates. The Federal Government had,...