Tag: Estimated Billing
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FG determined to end estimated billing – Omo-Agege
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has reechoed the determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to ensure Nigerians only pay for electricity consumed by bringing an end to estimated billing by distribution companies (DISCOs). Omo-Agege spoke at the ground breaking ceremony of the establishment of a power substation at his hometown in Orogun…
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Buhari orders mass metering to end estimated billing
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the commencement of a nationwide mass-metering programme as part efforts to put an end to estimated and arbitrary billing for electricity. Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the president’s directive was in response to yearnings of Nigerians. According to…
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Estimated billing system in Nigeria’s power sector “remains a no, no,” – Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says estimated billing system in the power sector “remains a no, no,” and whatever needs to be done to address the issue must be carried out. He said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while inaugurating the House Ad hoc Committee on Power Sector Reforms, chaired by…
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60% of Electricity Consumers in Nigeria on Estimated Billing – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that almost 60 percent of electricity users in the country are still on estimated billing. The commission made this known in the third quarter of 2019 report released recently where it was stated that 5.8 million Nigerians, which represented 59.7 percent of registered consumers, were still getting…
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Reps Pass Bill Criminalizing Estimated Billing by Discos
From Jonas Ike, Abuja …House empty as eighteen lawmakers hold plenary The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill criminalizing estimated billing by distribution companies in the power sector who supply electricity to individualsls and companies at outrageous costs. The bill was entitled: ‘A bill for an Act to Amend the Electric Power Sector…
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Stop Discos from estimated billings, electricity consumers urge NASS
Some electricity consumers have appealed to National Assembly to enact a law compelling electricity distribution companies(Discos) to install pre-paid meters for all customers to save consumers from estimated billing. They made the appeal in separate interviews with newsmen on Friday at a forum on arbitrary estimated billing organized by Association of Electricity Consumers Right in…
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Electricity consumers to get ‘capped bills’ to address issues of estimated billing
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in a new regulatory code, has said it will develop an order on capping of unmetered customers’ bills to address the issue of estimated billing in the country. Contained in NERC’s Draft Meter Asset Providers Regulations 2017, the Commission said the order would be developed within 90 days after…