DisCos’ Payment To GenCos Drops By 50%   Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) payment to generation companies (GenCos) for electricity generation has dropped by 50 per cent. The statistics showed that DisCos were unable to pay GenCos full payment for the quantity of power generated in January 2022. As...

Electricity: Power Generation in Nigeria Improves Slightly to 76,444MWh Nigeria’s electricity generation rebounded slightly on Thursday, as the generating companies generated a total of 76,444.98MWh of energy, representing an increase of 5.13% compared to 72,712.08MWh generated the previous day. Energy generation had fallen to an almost...

FG Hopes To Ramp Up Power Infrastructure With $4bn Funding   The Federal Government (FG) has expressed optimism that the various funding arrangements amounting to about $4 billion it has put in place to boost power transmission capacity and other power infrastructure in the country would...

NERC: Togo, Benin Q2 Electricity Debt To Nigeria Hits N770m   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says the Republic of Benin, Niger Republic, Togo did not pay N770 million electricity bill owed Nigeria in the second quarter of 2021. The commission disclosed this in its second-quarter...

NERC Renews NBET’s Licence For Three Years   The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading company on Tuesday announced that its operating license had been renewed for additional three years by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. It said in a statement issued by the firm in Abuja that the...

FG Raises Power Tariff December, Begins Free Meters Purchase   Power consumers nationwide may start to pay more for electricity, following plans by the Federal Government to carry out a review of power tariff. This came as the Federal Government said on Wednesday it had commenced the...