The Senate has confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Engineer Sanusi Garba as Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). This was even as the Upper Chamber confirmed the nominations of Dr Musilliu O. Oseni as Vice Chairman; and Aisha Mahmud as Commissioner. The confirmation of the nominees followed the consideration of the report […]

Alleges forum frustrating community’s N5.8m complaints against EEDC Reveals communities not aware of FG mass metering policy By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC Forum Owerri, Imo State has been accused of deliberately working against the interest of electricity consumers in the communities that lacked knowledge of identifying discrepancies in billing […]

The Lalupon/Iwo Road Feeder Electricity Consumers’ Association, Ibadan has dragged Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) before the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) over alleged erratic power supply in the area for the past eight years. The Chairman of the association, Rev. Jide Kehinde, while speaking with newsmen on Saturday, lamented that the affected communities had […]

Tasks DISCOs on modern technologies, innovations Excited by AEDC’s performance  By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The management of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has advised electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, to deploy modern technologies and equipment that would guarantee network stability in order to improve the quality of electricity supply to the teeming consumers Chairman […]

…sets to roll out 6 million meters By Adeola Badru IN order to cushion the effect of the Service Reflective Tariff on electricity consumers in Nigeria, the Federal Government has introduced a meter rollout scheme under the National Mass Metering Program (NMMP), as part of efforts to further bridge the country’s metering gap. In this […]