Six Power Plants Shut In 35 Hours, Generation Slumps     Six of the nation’s power plants were shut down between 8:15pm on Thursday and 6am on Saturday, causing power generation to plunge by 1,190.3 megawatts. Data obtained from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator on Sunday showed that...

Electricity Consumers Groan As Metering Scheme Suffers Setback     Electricity consumers in the country have expressed disappointment over the metering scheme introduced by the Federal Government last year as meter deployment by distribution companies has slowed down. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had on March 8, 2018...

DisCos Ask FG To Provide N400bn For Metering     The power distribution companies in the country have called on the Federal Government to provide N400bn through commercial banks towards bridging the huge metering gap in the Nigerian electricity supply industry. The Discos said the implementation of the...

Electricity Tariff Hike Won’t Affect Poor, Says NERC     The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Monday assured that the proposed tariff hike,now suspended, would not affect poor electricity customers, if okayed. In his presentation to the Senate Committee on Power at the commission’s Head office in...

Capped Tariff Costing DisCos N14bn Monthly     The power sector is denied N13.9bn revenue monthly as a result of the capping on estimated electricity bills by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, power distribution companies stated on Thursday. Electricity distribution companies are the revenue collection outfits of Nigeria’s...

Power Grid Has Collapsed 108 Times After Privatisation – TCN     The nation’s electricity grid has collapsed 108 times after the power sector was privatised, data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria have shown. The TCN, which manages the national grid, is still fully owned and operated...