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DPR Rallies Stakeholders to Boost Gas Supply

By Emmanuel Addeh The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday rallied major stakeholders, including the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Limited (NBET) and power Generation Companies (Gencos), over its plans to ameliorate the current gas-to-power shortage. DPR told the Gencos that there was the need to take advantage of the Nigeria Gas Network Transportation Code (NGNTC) launched last year, stressing that it is ready to work with stakeholders on the removal of all bottlenecks on the use of the code. The federal government had last week apologised for worsening power supply, blaming it on lack of gas supply.

Ogun community accuses power firm of exploitation, poor supply

Punch Newspapers Sections Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Solomon Odeniyi Published 3:30 am Published 3:30 am Residents of Magboro community in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have accused the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company of burdening them with estimated bills despite epileptic power supply. The residents, during a protest held on Saturday, accused the company of introducing a load shedding plan, which they described as arbitrary. The protesters, who alleged that they bought all the materials used to power the community, accused IBEDC of serving them exorbitant bills despite epileptic power supply. The Vice-Chairman of the Electricity Committee in the community, Victor Odigie, told our correspondents that despite informing the firm of a meeting with officials on Saturday, it deployed security agents against them to avoid discussing with the residents.

Prepaid Meters: Indigenous producers record 79% under-performance in phase zero of NMMP

Prepaid Meters: Indigenous producers record 79% under-performance in phase zero of NMMP On Kindly Share This Story: …Consumers groan under estimated bills; NERC remains optimistic By Udeme Akpan & Obas Esiedesa THERE are indications that the April 2021 target of providing one million prepaid meters to consumers under the phase zero of National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP, would not be met as indigenous producers have recorded 79 per cent under-performance. The indigenous producers and others were expected to provide the one million meters under the NMMP as a strategy to increase domestic manufacturing capacity, additional jobs creation and conservation of scarce foreign exchange. But as at April 16, 2021, the producers were only able to supply 210,000 prepaid, indicating 21 per cent performance, to the various Electricity Distribution Companies; DisCos in the nation, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.

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