By Emmanuel Addeh
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has listed project management failure and non-adherence to the terms of contracts as some of the reasons why past metering programmes in the country failed.
Speaking during a virtual discussion organised by, “The Power Hub,” General Manager, Finance and Management Services of the regulatory commission, Mr. Abdul Shettima, also reiterated the pledge by NERC to ensure a refund to customers who paid for meters under the Credited Advanced Payment for Metering Implementation (CAPMI) scheme, which it admitted was a failed initiative.
He recalled that when the power sector was privatised, metering was one of the key components that the core investors were required to address, plus loss of reduction and network upgrade, but noted that unfortunately because of cost-reflectivity , technical partnership and a lot other issues, none of those targets were met.
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The Head of Corporate Communications, JEDC, Dr Adakole Elijah, told the
News Agency of Nigeria that efforts were ongoing to meter more households, in line with the directive of the Federal Government, while expressing the JEDC’s desire to end estimated billing of customers.
He stated that JEDC’s effort at metering customers in Gombe State was strengthened by the National Mass Metering Programme, which had brought great relief for both staff and customers of the company.
Elijah noted that, in February, a total of 1,538 households were metered under the Mass Metering Scheme. He said though the company had 89,077 customers in the state, it was making strenuous efforts to meter all those yet to be reached.
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Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) says 19, 317 households have so far been metered in Gombe state, according to Dr Adakole Elijah, JEDC’s Head of Corporate Communications.
Elijah, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Gombe, added that efforts were ongoing to meter more households, in line with the directive of the Federal Government as well as JEDC’s desire to end estimated billing of customers.
He said JEDC’s effort at metering customers in Gombe state was strengthened by the National Mass Metering Programme, which had brought a great sigh of relief for both staff and customers of the company.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), yesterday, said that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) might replace faulty and obsolete metres for their customers.
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