ELECTRICITY NIGERIA

By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has directed the Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, to start the collection of Service Based Tariff, SBT, from September his year. This will increase the tariff by over 50 per cent in the country. However, in a message to its customers, obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, the

By Eyo Nsima The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, said it has restored power supply after a major system collapse in Nigeria. In a statement obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, TCN, stated: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the nation’s grid was fully restored at 4:59 pm yesterday, 28th July 2021, after a

NERC releases new list of Metering Service Providers By Eyo Nsima THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has released the full list of 99 companies for metering operations between 2021 and 2024. Of the 99 Metering Service Providers, MSP, 15, 23, three and 58 would be involved in local manufacturing, importation, vendors, and installations respectively.

Electricity: Over 1m consumers supplied with prepaid meters — Regulator By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has disclosed that 1,092,399 customers have been provided with prepaid meters, under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme and the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Responding to the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum (AECPF), freedom of

NERC auctions office equipment, 14 vehicles in Abuja By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has concluded plans to auction its office equipment and 14 vehicles. In a statement obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, NERC, stated: “The Commission will be auctioning her boarded office equipment and 14 vehicles. The bidding process will be both

Metering: MAPs petition FG over pricing, forex, Customs, others . Integrated Resources boss extols CBN, VP, NERC, DisCos, others By Eyo Nsima THE Meters Assets Providers, MAPs, have petitioned the Federal Government, over fixed meter pricing, unavailability of foreign exchange, and Customs clearing bottlenecks, as major challenges hindering efforts, targeted at closing the nation’s metering gap.

ELECTRICITY: Nigeria records another system collapse By Eyo Nsima Nigerians were Wednesday,  thrown into darkness following another system collapse, which affected almost all parts of the nation. In a statement obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, stated: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that at about 11.01 am today, 12th