The management of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) has revealed that it was working assiduously with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to provide a framework aimed to increase electricity production in the country. The framework according to…
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Agency (NERC), has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Federal Competition Consumer and Protection Commission (FCCPC) to improve complaint resolutions in the power sector. Nigerian NewsDirect learnt this during the MoU signing ceremony held in NERC’s office, Abuja…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has revealed that about 6.3 million electricity consumers have not yet been metered for despite the Federal Government’s mass metering initiative. The Commission expressed deep concern over the huge metering gap in Nigeria, describing…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has said the Republic of Benin, Niger Republic, Togo made no payment for the electricity supplied to them from Nigeria in the second quarter of 2021. The Commission disclosed this in its second-quarter report…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), electricity consumers were not required to pay directly for the meters issued to them. This is contained in a statement NERC issued in Abuja early…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), on Monday said it has approved the installation of 4 million free meters under the first phase of the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). In a statement, the power sector regulator…
Federal Government, through intervention of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), injected N213 billion to stabilise the electricity market in 2015, the Commissioner, Engineering, Performance and Monitoring, at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Prof Frank Okafor, has said. Okafor, a…
By Uthman Salami ActionAid Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has joined several others in the country to protest against the reported directive of NERC, to the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to increase their tariffs from September 1, 2021. ActionAid…
The National Electricity Regulatory Commision has revealed that despite Nigeria’s growing population, electricity supply in the country has remained at 40 per cent since 2010. This revelation was made by the former Chairman of National Electricity Regulatory Commision (NERC), Dr.…
Gloria Akudoro, Abuja The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has threatened to fine Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) for wrong disconnection of electricity customers. According to them “Any DisCos which disconnects a customer’s supply in violation of this regulation commits an…
