By Gabriel Ikese THE question of service delivery in the Nigerian power sector is a highly sensitive one and probably the most discussed in Nigeria today after politics and security. The distribution sector of the electricity value chain is constantly in the news embroiled in one service delivery controversy or the other. Some of the […]

…Says increase subject to public consultation By Michael Eboh The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Monday, denied hiking electricity tariffs, stating that the review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, does not mean an immediate increase in tariff for electricity consumers. However, electricity distribution companies, under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, […]

…Say FG must account for sector’s revenue generation By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Association for Public Policy Analysis, APPA, has challenged the Federal Government to make public, the details of revenue generated from the electricity supply by the Distribution Companies, DISCOs since the last five years when the power assets were privatised. The APPA, […]

By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate has took a swipe at the N600 million allocated to Distribution Company (Disco) by Ministry of Power in 2020 budget. According to the Senate, allocating such money to Disco was not acceptable against the backdrop that it has already been Privatized. Speaking yesterday during 2020 Budget Defence of […]

There are indications that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, is about to break the monopoly being enjoyed by the distribution companies, DISCOs.