Tag: DISCOs
DisCos abandon metering – NERC
The pace slowed sharply in 2025, with DisCos funding just 1,178 meters in the first quarter, 234 in the second…
CCCAI demands NERC crack down on DISCOs, enforce compensation for Band A Customers
CCCAI criticised the lack of concrete metrics, saying NERC should have mandated DISCOs to measure supply failures in kilowatts and…
NERC slams N628m fine on DisCos for non-compliance with capping directive
According to NERC, it sanctioned the DisCos pursuant to section 34(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 2023 (“EA 2023”), It said…
NERC announces take off of N21bn electricity meters MAF scheme
”All the meters to be procured and installed under the MAF framework shall be at no cost to the customers…
FG approves N21bn for purchase of meters – NERC
NERC said that the regulations provided several options for metering end-use customers but the interventions, though significant, had not resulted…
FG vows to resell DisCos still under banks, AMCON acquisition
Adelabu said very soon tough decisions would be taken on the DisCos, saying they are the last lap of the…
Tariff hike confusion: NERC issues new directives to DisCos
The directives issued on Saturday were intended to clear the confusion that has trailed the implementation of the new tariff…
Electricity: Nigeria to generate 6,000 megawatts in six months
“Willful refusal to take up supplied power by the DisCos is a qualified basis for revocation of license also. So,…
Minister summons DisCos, TCN over worsening power situation
Those invited to the meeting are chief executive officers of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company…
Publications from DISCOs’ core investors disingenuous – BPE
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) cleared the air on the insinuations and statements emanating from some of the Electricity…
4 States that swindle us of N2.5bn monthly – DisCo
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) said it is losing about N2.5 billion monthly due to meter bypass and…
DISCOs ready to give Nigerians free electricity
The Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have given assurance of their support for the plan to supply free electricity to all…
DisCos lied, we didn’t direct them to decommission metres – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it has not directed the decommissioning of metres by the Electricity Distribution Companies…
Nigerians mock DISCOs, TCN over blackout
Nigerians on Twitter are posting derisive comments about the electricity distribution companies and Transmission Company of Nigeria, following the collapse…
New electricity tariffs for Nigerian consumers from April (Full tariff Lists)
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has approved a new electricity tariff to be charged by the 11 Electricity Distribution…
No hope on power supply in 2020, genset market projected to grow
There is no hope yet in sight to end Nigeria's epileptic power supply as the gen set market is projected…
Unsteady power supply: Senate probes GenCos,DisCos
The Committee on Power has been mandated by the Senate to investigate the activities of power generating and distribution companies…
Nigerian Govt to increase supervision of Discos
The Federal Government says its representatives on the Board of Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) has been increased from one to…
Power Interrupted–Panic at the DisCos
“Up NEPA”! The joyful yell that formed part of the earliest memories of many a Nigerian child of my generation.…
War against immorality: South Sudan bans discos, nightclubs
South Sudan’s capital Juba has banned all nightclubs and discos and limited bar hours, a move government said is designed…
CACOL warns BPE over renewal of DISCOs licences
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has warned the the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) against extending the…
DisCos fault planned implementation of N72bn distribution network financing initiative
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), says government’s plan to implement the N72 billion distribution network financing initiative through the Transmission Company…
Power supply: Fashola angry with spokesman for DisCos
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says his directive to Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is…
DisCos must stop estimated billing, Fashola insists
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to…
Reps set up panel to investigate excessive charges by DISCOs
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara says the House has commenced an investigation into allegations of excessive…
Nigerian Govt provides N37bn grant to DisCos
The Federal Government said it has taken advantage of the new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to give a grant…
Dogara calls for strict regulation of DisCos
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara has urged the Ministry of Power to take the oversight…
Retreat Participants Urge DISCOs To Prevent Meter Bypassing
Participants at the top management retreat of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing have called on Electricity Distribution…
DisCos To End Estimated Billing
The Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors (ANED) has assured the non-Maximum Demand (MD) customers or residential customers that it is…
GenCos back govt’s move to monitor collection of electricity funds by DisCos
The Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) says the Federal Government’s plan to monitor collection of electricity payment will ultimately…