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NERC’s Warning: Don’t Get Tricked into Paying for Bad Meters

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has warned electricity users not to pay for the replacement of defective meters, emphasizing that it is the obligation of electricity distribution companies, DisCos, to handle the meter replacements.

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NERC Announces The Approval of N21bn to Provide Meters

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has declared the endorsement N21 billion for 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to give meters to clients. This declaration was made in NERC’s Organization NO: NERC/2024/072 on the Operationalization of “Tranche A” of the Official Metering Drive Under the System of Meter Obtaining Asset. As per NERC, it presented […]

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Prepaid Meter users to Update their Meters before 2024

Prepaid Meter Users in the country have been given directive by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to update their meters before November next year. The NERC stated that prepaid meter users might face difficulties in recharging their meters after November 2024 if the required update is not done before the deadline. The commission which noted […]

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Nigerian Government Set to Increase Price of Single and Three phase Electricity Meters.

Nigerian Government has declared its intention to increase the purchase price of both single and three-phase electricity meters beginning from Monday November 15, 2021. In a circular released on Thursday November 11, 2021, and authorized by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ( NERC )  the price of a single-phase meter has now been put to a […]

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ELECTRICITY TARIFF INCREASE WILL NOT AFFECT POOR NIGERIANS-NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has made a clarification on the planned increase of electricity tariff across the country.  NERC Chairman, James Momoh in a statement released on Wednesday August 26 after President Buhari approved the implementation of the proposed cost-reflective energy tariff for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) on Tuesday August 25, said the new […]