The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has asked electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to disconnect government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) who are defaulting in the payment of energy bills.In a notice signed by Dafe Akpeneye, commissioner for legal, licensing and compliance, on Tuesday, the regulator said the responsibility of revenue collection from all customers including MDAs of states and federal [...]
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says the distribution companies (DisCos) are largely responsible for poor electricity supply to customers despite increased power generation.The commission stated this in its newly released 2018 fourth-quarter report.The regulator stated that the limitation in electricity distribution networks remains the biggest constraints in delivering adequate power supply to customers.According to the data released by NERC, [...]

The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has rejected reported plans by the federal government to repossess the distribution companies (DisCos).It had earlier been reported that the government is considering taking over the distribution assets from the investors and pay them off with N736 billion. The FG described the investors as a failure.Sunday Oduntan (pictured), ANED's executive director for research [...]

Four months to the performance review of the electricity distribution companies (DisCos), the federal government has described the core investors as a failure.The government had said it would conduct a final review of the five-year performance agreement with the DisCos by December 31, 2019.The review is expected to determine if the electricity companies have achieved the performance targets they signed [...]

The federal government says it will add two members to its representatives on the boards of the 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos).In a statement in Abuja on Monday, Amina Othman, head of public communication of the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE), said the decision resulted from a meeting held with the shareholders of the DisCos.The federal government holds a 40% [...]

Mohammed Usman, managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says the national electricity grid collapsed on Wednesday due to a multiple tripping on its substation in Onitsha, Anambra state.Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Usman said the collapse may also be as a result of one of the generators that went off.TheCable had reported how [...]

Logistics challenges which electricity distribution companies (DisCos) are battling with have affected the commencement of the new meter roll-out under the meter asset providers (MAPs) regulation.The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had issued permits to approved meter service providers to roll out of new meters by May 1.On March 8, 2018, NERC introduced the MAP regulation to new investors in [...]