Tag: NERC
Low generation, high demand strain Nigeria’s power grid in January
The report shows that although the country has a total installed generation capacity of 13,625 megawatts (MW), grid-connected power plants…
Tinubu reconstitutes NERC board with Musiliu Oseni as chairman
Tinubu also urged the new NERC members to discharge their responsibilities strictly in line with the letter and spirit of…
Protest rocks N’Assembly over delayed NERC Chair confirmation
The protest followed the upper chamber’s decision last month to step down Ramat’s confirmation despite a positive recommendation from its…
Kano APC urges calm as members fight dirty over NERC Chairman
The state APC chairman, Prince Abdullahi Abbas, said ongoing accusations and counter-accusations surrounding the confirmation of Engr. Ramat as NERC…
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…
NLC declares war on electricity tariff hike, threatens nationwide showdown
The labour union accused the government of engaging in "systematic exploitation" through the Ministry of Power’s endorsement of the reclassification,…
Why National Grid collapsed on Saturday – NERC
NERC also noted that, as part of the Electricity Act 2023, the unbundling of the system operator function from the…
DisCos rake in N431.16bn revenue in 3 months
The report said that the N431.16 billion collected was out of the N543.64 billion that was billed customers, adding that…
NERC’s overbilling crackdown: AEDC hit with N1.69bn fine, Ikeja electric, N1.41bn, others
AEDC has been slapped with a fine of N1.69 billion, as detailed in Order NERC/2024/114, published on NERC’s website. This…
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…
Electricity tariff hike: Labour unions seal offices of BEDC, NERC in Benin
The protesters also sealed off the state office of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), located along Igbesamwan Junction, Akpakpava…
NERC unbundles TCN, establishes new system operator
By Constance Athekame The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has unbundled the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with the establishment…
NERC approves migration of 33 additional EKEDC feeders to Band A
“It is also our commitment to ensure that customers under other service bands, that is, Bands B to E also…
New electricity tariff is pro-poor, not a burden on majority of Nigerians
So for the President, it was better to have the top 15 percenters of electricity consumers who consume about half…
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…
Stakeholders decry 300% electricity tariff hike
Oseni clarified that the 300 per cent increase would specifically impact Band A consumers, constituting only 15 per cent of…
NERC sanctions Discos over arbitrary billing
The commission said that in response to the non-compliance, it was safeguarding unmetered customers from arbitrary billing by the DisCos.
NERC reveals date power supply will improve in Nigeria
Garba said NERC had facilitated a contractual agreement between the Gencos, TCN and the 11 DisCos that would guarantee the…
NERC opens up on review of electricity tariff
Garba told newsmen in Abuja on Friday that the last tariff review was approved on Dec 31, 2021, and became…
Buhari writes Senate, seeks confirmation of NERC nominees
The President’s request was contained in a letter dated 27th January, 2022, and read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan…
Electricity meter prices go up
The announcement was made in a circular issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) dated November 11, 2021,
Electricity tariff: VON DG lauds Buhari for halting hike
The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has lauded President Muhammad Buhari for halting electricity tariff hike…
Breaking: FG orders NERC to suspend adjustment in electricity tariff
The Federal Government on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to immediately suspend the adjustment made in electricity…
Electricity tariff: Groups oppose minor adjustment
Electricity consumer groups on Wednesday kicked against the minor adjustment in electricity tariffs approved for the 11 electricity distribution companies…
There has been no increase in electricity tariff – Keyamo
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo on Tuesday denounced purported hike in electricity tariff by the Nigerian…
Purported hike in electricity tariff, our story – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has opened up on purported hike in electricity tariff which reportedly took off on…
Nigerians in trouble: FG hikes electricity tariff again
The Federal Government has given Nigerians bitter pills to swallow in the New Year with the reported hike in electricity…
NERC, DISCOs commended over new tariff suspension
Some electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have commended the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Electricity Distribution…