TCN to carry out maintenance as power outage hits parts of South-East
The Enugu Electricity Distribution (EEDC) says the planned outage by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) scheduled to take place on Saturday is meant for emergency maintenance work. The Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement on Friday that the outage would enable TCN engineers to carry out maintenance on […]
Electricity: New Reps bill threatens N10bn investment
“The Senate Electricity bill should make similar provisions for regulatory transition of successor DisCo operations within a state to the SERC”
Huge debts, vandalism behind poor electricity supply in Aba – Geometric Power
By Ugochukwu Alaribe, Umuahia The management of APL Electric Company Limited, Aba, a subsidiary of Geometric Power Company, has attributed the poor power supply in Aba, Abia State, to the huge debts owed by its customers, vandalism of power equipment, metre bypassing and assault against Aba power staff carrying out their legitimate duties in the […]
ELECTRICITY: Remittances to NBET by DISCOs dip 14.26 % to N33.33bn
THE remittances of 11 electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET) has declined by over 15.71 per cent to N33.33 billion in January 2023, from N38.88 billion in the corresponding period of 2022.
Electricity customers increase to 10.94m in Q3 2022
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the number of Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) customers in Nigeria increased from 10.81 million in Q2 2022 to 10.94 million in Q3 2022. According to the NBS Nigeria Electricity Report for Q3 and Q4 2022 released in Abuja on Monday, the figure showed an increase of 1.20 percent. […]
Woman breaks Ibadan Electric official’s leg over bill
“When the complainant climbed the pole to disconnect the cable that carried light to the defendant’s house, she (defendant), out of anger, pushed the ladder which the complainant was mounting”
