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NERC to fine DisCos over wrongful power disconnections

Advertisement This information was made available on NERC website titled “Consultation Paper on Review of Customer Protection Regulations in The Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI)”, signed by Sanusi Garba, its chairman. The paper proposed that any DisCo which disconnects a customer’s supply in violation of this regulation, commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to pay the customer a penalty. The penalties as specified in the regulation are residential N1,000, commercial N1,500 and industrial N2,000. Advertisement “A DisCo which disconnects a customer supply in violation of these regulators, shall compensate the customer on equivalent of 100 per cent daily energy Cap for everyday the wrongful disconnection lasts,” NERC said.

EXCLUSIVE: Disquiet as NDPHC guarantees N7bn bank loan for private firm

EXCLUSIVE: Disquiet as NDPHC guarantees N7bn bank loan for private firm
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Legal Frameworks For Renewable Energy In Nigeria - Energy and Natural Resources

06 July 2021 Resolution Law Firm To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Renewable energy deals with power generation from hydro and gas-fired thermal power plants. There are various renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower, etc. They are used as an alternative to the most commonly used sources of energy such as coal. Renewable energy offers improved environmental and health quality as it does not pose health risks. There are laws enacted to regulate renewable energy in Nigeria, which will be discussed below. The few laws briefly discussed below provide a legal framework

How aged networks, poor standards worsen electricity supply

According to him, the ongoing power sector reforms to standardise power equipment to boost power supply will end the incessant power outages and restore regular supply of electricity to consumers. “Our responsibility as contained in the act that establishes NEMSA, is to certify power equipment and engineers handling power projects, because substandard equipment and incompetence in the handling of electrical projects has always been the major challenge in the power sector, especially in Nigeria where nobody wants to do the right thing,” he stated. Ewesor said some of the electrical equipment in use were installed 20 years ago and warned that excess load on the 33 kilovolts (kV) line will lead to the total collapse of the system.

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