The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it is the obligation of the distribution companies (DisCos) to ensure that consumers are provided with meters under the Meter Asset Providers (MAPs) The post DisCos are responsible for meters, NERC tackles ANED appeared first on TheCable.
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TCN, AEDC trade blame over load allocation, rejection
The Transmission Company of Nigeria ( TCN ) and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Friday traded blames over why power supply to the DisCos and customers was low. TCN’s Managing Director Usman Gur Mohammed said there was no network constraint in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) that would have amounted to load reduction. […] …
Govt, DisCos, others urged to improve power supply
The Federal Government, power distribution companies (DisCos) and gas suppliers have been urged to provide to improve electricity supply. Recently, the Federal Government claimed that the power generation has hit 7,000 megawatts (Mw). Research and Planning Director, Association, Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) Sunday Oduntan said a lot needs to be done to ensure that the […] …
Blackout looms as GenCos threaten to shut power plants nationwide
Electricity generation companies have threatened to shut down power plants across the county if the federal government fails to intervene in the challenges troubling them. In a statement on Monday,
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DisCos seek government intervention
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) are seeking Federal Government’s interventions to make their operations and service delivery efficient, safe and profitable. Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) Managing Director, Adeoye Fadeyibi made the call when the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, visited the company as part of its oversight function at the weekend in […] …
Fashola: It’s not govt’s problem if you don’t have power
NERC: Four million electricity customers still without prepaid meters
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says more than four million electricity customers in Nigeria are still without prepaid meters. In its 2018 second quarter report, the commission disclosed that The post NERC: Four million electricity customers still without prepaid meters appeared first on TheCable.
‘FG paid N1trn to DISCOS, GENCOS without evidence of electricity’
FORMER President of Trade Union Congress, TUC, Mr. Peter Esele, has disclosed that the Federal Government paid over N1 trillion to Electricity Generation Companies, GENCOs and Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, since the commencement of the privatisation of the power sector with nothing to show for it.
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FG to review performance of DisCos in 2019
Civil society advises Discos on consumer enumeration
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Network of Nigeria Civil Society Organisations has called on power distribution companies to intensify effort towards the enumeration of electricity consumers nationwide in order to establish the actual number of power users across the country. According to the civil society, the huge financial deficit in Nigeria’s power sector is partly because […] …