62.63% electricity consumers on estimated billing, says NERC
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday said 62.63 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were on estimated billing as at September 2020.
NERC stated this in the 2019 to Quarter 3, 2020 Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) Key Financial and Operational Data, obtained from its website by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
The document showed that only Eko Electricity Distribution Company and Ikeja Electric Plc had metered over 50 per cent of their customers as at the review period.
The huge metering gap for electricity customers, according to NERC, remains a key challenge in the industry.
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By Solomon Asowata
Lagos, Jan. 15, 2021 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fixed Jan. 19 for hearing of a petition against the granting of an Independent Electricity Distribution Network Licence to Asaba Distribution Ltd.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the petition was filed by the Benin Electricity Distribution (BEDC) Plc.
NERC in a statement issued on Friday on its website, said the hearing was pursuant to Section 70 (2) of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (“EPSRA”).
According to the commission, it is also pursuant to clause 11 of the NERC Application for Licences Regulations 2010, and section 17 of NERC (Business Rules of the Commission) Regulations (Business Rules) 2006.