NERC Inaugurates Groups, Backs States to Regulate Electricity Firms The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has inaugurated three working groups for the implementation of the new Electricity Act 2023. President Bola Tinubu had signed the new Act in June 2023, removing electricity from the exclusive list and...

FG Spends Over N5trn To Cover Electricity Subsidy In 10 Years   The federal government’s effort to subsidise electricity tariff for Nigerians has seen it cough out over N5 trillion in the last 10 years amounting to over 664 per cent growth, data from the Nigerian...

FG to Pay N1.6tn Power Subsidy, Suspends Electricity Tariff Hike The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, released the 2024 electricity tariffs which showed that the Federal Government is to shoulder about N1.6tn subsidy this year to avert electricity tariff hike. In the tariff review applications of the...

FG Issues New Licenses to 13 Electricity Generators, Distributors The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued 13 new licences for the generation of off-grid and embedded power, independent electricity distribution, as well as for the trading of electricity. It said the new...

Power: DisCos’ Revenue Rises 30% to N782.74bn The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, says revenues collected by eleven electricity distribution companies, DisCos, increased by 30 percent in the first nine months of 2023 to N782.74 billion, compared to N598.13 billion collected over the same period...

N110bn Debt: NERC Dissolves Kaduna Disco’s Board, Plans Sale The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Monday, announced the dissolution of the board of directors of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company over the Disco’s inability to pay N110bn debt owed to the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry. In a...