The Chief Executive Officer, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, Mr Azu Obiaya, in a recent interview with The Punch has reiterated that there is a need to address the tariff gap in the nation’s power sector. He said; “The problem is that there is a commercial framework that is not working, and this commercial framework…
In the first quarter of 2018, complaints by customers in the power sector were dominated by issues bordering on metering, estimated billing and service interruption, among others. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) revealed this in its 2018 Q1 Report. The commission stated: “Metering and billing dominated the customer complaints, both accounting for 64,197 (that…
No fewer than 444 communities, spread across the 18 Local Government Areas of Edo are without electricity, Yekini Idaiye, the State Commissioner for Energy and Water Resources has said. Idaye made the disclosure in an interview in Benin on Saturday. He said from the figure, 157 communities were yet to be connected to the national…
There are strong indications that implementation of the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulation recently introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) originally billed to take off on April 3, 2018, will not commence this year afterwards. Findings showed that this is because the Distribution Companies (Discos) are ill-disposed and unwilling to key into the…
The management of Ikeja Electric has informed its esteemed customers of a planned outage on the T2 15MVA Power transformer at Ogba injection substation. The duration of the outage is expected to last from 20th – 21st September 2018. It asked its customers to “kindly bear with us as this will disrupt your usual schedule…
The Federal Government should open up a lending window through which investors in the new metering plans would borrow money, the Meter Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MMAN), Executive Secretary, Mr. Muhideen Ibrahim, has said. He said the new metering regulation ensures that investments have a life span of between 10 years and 15 years. In…
Investors in electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) have called for the Federal Government’s intervention as they claim host communities have halted over 1,400 megawatts (MW) generation in Gbarain and other power plants demanding for free supply directly from them (GenCos). Speaking under the Association of Power Generating Companies (APGC), the investors said the host communities in…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), says that thieves with sophisticated methods have been stealing electricity from its network. It said the practice of stealing its electricity has persisted despite massive investments in distribution assets improvement measures. Its Managing Director, Mr. Ernest Mupwaya, made this disclosure when he hosted members of the national executive council…
The bidding round continues to highlight the importance of the Oil Week and the fact that it continues to drive new business opportunities for exploration companies in Africa LONDON, United Kingdom, September 24, 2018/ — OMNIS, in partnership with Africa Oil Week (www.Africa-OilWeek.com), TGS and BGP, announce a licensing round in Madagascar, to be launched…
The Federal Government (FG) has confirmed it is considering the safe use of nuclear and geothermal energy to improve power supply in the country. Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Hon. Abubakar Bwari said the government has been interfacing with the Nigerian Atomic Energy Agency towards advancing the safe use of nuclear energy….
