Residents of Ebute-Metta in Lagos State on Sunday protested againstoutrageous estimated billing system by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC). Reports it have that the residents trooped out into Apapa Road and moved to Oyingbo, at about 4.00 p.m., to show their discontent with the billing by the company. Led …
Read More »Electricity: 59.6% of consumers still on estimated billing — NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that 59.6 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were still on estimated billing as at March 2020. NERC made this known in its ‘First Quarter 2020 Report’ which was obtained by our correspondent in Lagos. The regulatory agency said the …
Read More »DisCos reject N1.5 billion worth of electricity
The 11 power Distribution Companies (DisCos) could not deliver 33,958.16 megawatts hour (MWh) of energy made available for evacuation by the Generation Companies (GenCos) within one month; from September 1, 2020, when the DisCos hiked electricity tariff by over 80 per cent for certain classes of customers. The cost is …
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