The Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc (IBEDC) congratulates all Nigerians on 60 years anniversary of our existence as an Independent nation and a people. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company Engr. John Ayodele, said the sacrifices and the ideologies of the founding fathers should remainRead More

…Have 4 months to pay or face sanctions Electricity distribution companies in the country (DisCos) have an outstanding N9.96 billion to pay in the Nigeria Electricity Market Stabilisation Facility provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). They are expected to repay the balance of N9.96billion in the 10-year tenuredRead More

The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has warned customers in its franchise area against illegal connection and vandalism of critical power infrastructure. Ibrahim Shawai, Head of Corporate Communication of the company, gave the warning in a statement issued in Kano on Monday. KEDCO’s franchise area include Kano, Katsina, and JigawaRead More

Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended the strike earlier scheduled to commence today (Monday). The latest development followed an agreement organised labour reached with the Federal Government at a meeting held on Sunday night into the early hours of today. The strike was suspended after theRead More

…Says landlords’ bills shouldn’t be forced on tenants OpeOluwani Akintayo Lagos — The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has urged customers who have been charged beyond the capped bill by electricity Distribution Companies or Discos to get in touch with it via writing as the Discos would be made to giveRead More

OpeOluwani Akintayo Lagos — Electricity distribution companies, DisCos will commence collection of full tariffs starting from 2021 following recent increment by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. Latest tariff review documents issued to each of the 11 distribution companies by NERC, ‘Extraordinary Review of Multi Year Tariff Order 2015’ says 100Read More

OpeOluwani Akintayo Lagos — While it is no longer news that electricity tariffs were hiked by between 50% and 100% depending on the location, what most electricity consumers are concerned with is how to cut down on electricity usage thereby saving cost. The first step is to identify the biggest energy-consumingRead More

By Olatunde Dodondawa Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to establish a metering agency that will be responsible for metering only. The calls become imperative due to the recent hike in electricity tariff without improvement in power supply while many customers have no control over their energy consumption dueRead More

By Olatunde Dodondawa     Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is set to deploy data loggers in all power feeders belonging to Distribution Companies (Discos) to prevent them from ripping Nigerians off, following the transition of tariffs regime to the number of hours supplied. A data logger is a specialisedRead More

Amid lingering public outcry over the recent increase in electricity tariff, the number of the nation’s power plants sitting idle rose to 13 on Sunday.   While many Nigerians were still smarting from the hike in electricity tariff, power generation in the country dropped on Sunday as four more powerRead More