Reps urge NERC to suspend June tariff hike
The lawmakers say NERC should suspend the planned increase slated for June in view of the current harsh economic situation in Nigeria.
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House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to rescind its decision to further increase electricity tariff in June.
The call was a sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Aniekan Umanah (PDP-Akwa Ibom) at plenary on Thursday.
Moving the motion, Mr Umanah said it was important to suspend the planned increase in view of the current harsh economic situation in Nigeria.
He said NERC was established by the Electric Power Sector Act of 2005, with a mandate to license Distribution Companies (DISCOs).
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to stop the proposed increase of electricity tariff for June.
This formed part of the resolutions by the lawmakers during Thursday’s plenary in the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
They stressed that it was important to direct the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to rescind its decision on the proposed increment in view of the hard times Nigerians were going through.
Similarly, the lawmakers mandated the House Committees on Power, Poverty Alleviation, as well as Labour, Employment and Productivity to ensure compliance with the directive.
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On Wednesday, the national electricity grid collapsed, dropping power generation to about 260 megawatts (MW) and causing nationwide outage.
None of the over 20 generation Companies (GenCos) produced energy as of 1pm due to the system collapse while it was not immediately clear what caused the power grid disturbance, according to real-time power grid records by the Independent System Operations (ISO) section of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.
The peak power generation was 4,757MW as of Tuesday, while the lowest generation was 3,976MW. While 101,605 megawatts hour (MWH) energy was generated, consumers through the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) utilised 99,955MWH.