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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…
...Says it subsidizes 55% of low users
The Federal Government on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to suspend the implementation of the January 1, 2021 nationwide electricity tariff hike.
The…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that it did not grant any approval to electricity distribution companies in the country to increase electricity tariff by 50 per cent.
NERC in a statement by its…
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has said that electricity customers who paid for meters under the Meter Asset Provider scheme will be refunded.
NERC through its Head of Public Affairs made this known on Wednesday in a…
Energy transition is indeed being witnessed in different sectors of the global economy. In South Africa, Gold producer Pan African Resources Plc (LON:PAF) has selected Juwi South Africa as the engineering, procurement and construction…
Youths in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers state – hosts to the Afam Power Station, on Tuesday threatened to stop the takeover of the power plant by Transcorp Plc.
Orient Energy Review learnt that the youths under the aegis of…
The Federal Government, Friday added a new hydropower plant to the nation’s power grid. The addition of Dadin Kowa Hydropower Plant has brought the number of hydropower plants producing electricity in Nigeria to four.
The Dadin Kowa…
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.
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) may again review the capital expenditure of the 11 respective electricity distribution companies (Discos) in the country’s power sector. The exercise is expected to also impact on the…
The Presidency said it would deliver five million solar systems to 25 million Nigerians previously not connected to the national grid through Solar Home Systems, under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP).
Laolu Akande, Senior Special…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has said that the major challenge now facing the power sector is that of transmission, insisting that gas supply to power generating…
The President Muhammadu Buhari has said the tariff shortfalls in the power sector being borne by the Federal Government are no longer sustainable.
Buhari said this on Thursday at the inauguration of Eko Electricity Distribution…
The Federal Government has handed over the Afam Power Plant to Transcorp Power Consortium after it emerged the preferred bidder of the power asset, with a bid offer of N105 billion.
The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises,…
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has disclosed that it is engaging new engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors to complete the four power plants located at Alaoji, Egbema, Omoku and Gbarain, and make them…
The Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Prof James Momoh, has said that the reviewed electricity tariff would not only attract more investments to the power sector, it will enable existing investors to recoup…
An indigenous electricity meter manufacturer company, MOMAS Electricity Meters Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL) has flagged off a free training programme for graduate engineers on meter installation and maintenance.
MEMMCOL said the free…
The Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Prof James Momoh, has called on the management of Ikeja Electric, Nigeria’s largest Electricity Distribution Company (Disco), to create knowledge management initiatives…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has informed the public that the Sokoto – Birnin Kebbi 132kV Single Circuit Transmission Line with high capacity transmission cable is currently overloaded. So, TCN said it would be embarking on a…
Officials have confirmed that a 60 kWp solar photovoltaic system is currently under construction in Sokoto State in north-western Nigeria.
The solar system is expected to power the local government secretariat, hospital and mosque in…
