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The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) said that electricity consumers in the country paid N362bn out of the N520bn billed them from January to September last year. ANED, the umbrella body for the 10 private Discos…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered power distribution companies (DisCos) to start disconnecting electricity consumers who reject meters. The NERC made this known on Wednesday as it observed that some power…

The Federal Government reiterated its resolve to mete stiff measures to any of the power distribution companies (DisCos) or their agents selling prepaid meters to their customers against the directive that they should be distributed free. …

The umbrella body for electricity distribution firms in Nigeria, Association of Electricity Distributors (DisCos) has alleged that there has been no significant improvement in the electricity generated and wheeled by the Transmission…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday bemoaned the power gridlock Nigeria is faced with, stating that the power generation companies (GenCos) and the distribution companies (DisCos), have failed Nigerians. The lawmakers made the…

Nigeria may adopt the policy of selling electricity straight to eligible customers without passing through the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc if a suggestion from the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) is favourably…

The Federal Government has directed the Ministries of Power, Finance, and the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to conclude the pre-engineering and concessionary financing agreement with Siemens AG, to boost power supply in Nigeria. The…

…it would reposition & improve power sector performance, says minister   …SSAEAC Union silent on strike threat. Poor management of the face-off between the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) and…

The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it would not continue to give subsidy to the power sector. It called on Distribution Companies in the country to improve on their financial and technical capacity to deliver or the…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has instructed all the power Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country to complete the listing of their customers by March 31, 2019. Electricity consumers were also urged to…

Oge Obi The Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) has said that discos continuous failure in their monthly remittances to the NBET is badly hurting power generating companies (Gencos). According the APGC, the Discos have…

Power distribution companies are entering into partnerships with renewable energy firms for the development of mini-grids to boost the supply of electricity in Nigeria. According to officials from the Rural Electrification Agency and…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a N39 billion ($106 million) loan facility to Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) for the supply of meters, according to Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing. This,…

Electricity Distribution Companies in Nigeria (Discos) have attributed the current liquidity situation in the power sector to poor payments made by consumers for electricity distributed. The Discos claim they purchase electricity from…