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…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has unveiled 99 metering service providers for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The Commission explained that some of the licenses of the providers were new while it renewed some expired ones. This notice…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is going ahead with plans to review power tariffs in July this year despite wide spread resentments by the organised labour, consumer groups and other individuals. NERC had announced on April 26, 2021 that…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given approval to Ikeja Electric Plc to invest the sum of N121.92 billion for infrastructure upgrade across its network within a period of five years. NERC, which is the regulator of Nigeria’s electricity…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it is concluding the Extraordinary Tariff Review process for the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). NERC, which is the regulator of Nigeria’s power sector, made this known on Monday in a notice to…
Power generation companies received N81.14bn as payment assurance from the Nigeria Electricity Bulk Trading Plc in 2020, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. NERC disclosed this in its latest Key Operational and Financial Data of the Nigerian Electricity Supply…
By Ogaga Ariemu Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC), has assured Senate as well as Nigerians of increased performance on mass metering in coming days. The Senate on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ( NERC),…
