The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says it would have been insensitive for the Nigerian government to continue paying 100 per cent electricity subsidy. Adelabu disclosed this during a ministerial briefing in Abuja on Friday. The minister spoke against the…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution (AEDC) has issued an apology on wrong charges faced by some Band A customers who tried to recharge their meters following the new tariff regime. The Management of AEDC tendered the apology in a notice to…
…Cites increase in infrastructure investment as reason for hike in electricity tariff …Downgrades 300 feeders for failing to supply 20hrs of electricity …Mandates DisCos to migrate more customers to Band A The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has stated that…
Some power experts have expressed their dissatisfaction with the 300 per cent increase in electricity tariffs approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos, the experts…
The federal government has announced an increase in the wholesale price of gas to power plants by 11 per cent from $2.18 per MMBTU (Million British Thermal Unit) to $2.42 The gas companies had since January this year reduced supply…
The number of electricity consumers rose by 410,000 from 11.71 million in the third quarter of 2023 to 12.12 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated in its Electricity Report for the fourth…
The number of electricity consumers rose by 410,000 from 11.71 million in the third quarter of 2023 to 12.12 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated in its Electricity Report for the fourth…
Some experts in the power industry have urged the Federal Government to prioritise investment in modern power infrastructure to mitigate frequent system collapses. The experts made the urge in separate interviews on Sunday in Lagos. Recall that on March 28,…
Amid the widespread blackout and the worsening state of electricity supply in Nigeria, the latest figures on the daily load summary of power distribution companies indicate that the firms failed to distribute about 1,769.91 megawatts of electricity between February 1…
The Federal Government has declared that the number of Nigerians that lack access to electricity from the nationalgrid has increased to about 92 million. It disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the 7th Nigeria International Energy Summit in Abuja,…
