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DisCos fail to provide 20 hours of power to Band A customers, blame ‘system outages’
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have started
publishing their inability to meet the required power supply for Band A
customers — as directed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
(NERC).
On April 3, NERC approved an increase in electricity tariff
for customers under Band A classification, from N66 to N225.
Under Band A, customers are entitled to a minimum of 20
hours of power supply per day and all DisCos have been authorised to implement
the policy immediately.
However, to ensure transparency and accountability, NERC
said where the DisCo fails to deliver on the committed level of service to a
Band-A feeder for two consecutive days, the DisCo should, the next day by 10.00
am, publish on its website, reasons for failing.
The regulator directed the DisCo to update the affected In line with the NERC directive, four out of 11 DisCos These companies include Ibadan Electricity Distribution On its X page on Tuesday, IBEDC said some Band A customers Also, KEDCO said a circuit breaker issue affected its Below are posts made by the DisCos explaining their failure Important Update.#ibedc #distributingpower #changinglives pic.twitter.com/Vvzf16uOdB
— IBEDC (@IBEDC_NG) April 9, 2024 On its part, BEDC apologised to customers for not meeting
Public Notice! pic.twitter.com/wxHaozAc5J
— BEDC Electricity Plc (@beninelectric) April 9, 2024 Similarly, KAEDC apologised for failing to supply up to the Public Announcement pic.twitter.com/RZ4biqUc0k
— Kaduna Electric (@Kadunaelectric) April 9, 2024 Meanwhile, KEDCO, on its X page on Monday, displayed a
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT pic.twitter.com/87iJf3QZUR
— Kedco Plc (@kedcoplc) April 8, 2024 Meanwhile, on April 9, NERC told DisCos to prioritise The electricity regulator said about 20 percent of Band A
customers on the timeline for restoration of service to the committed service
level.
published their inability to meet the required daily supply and also gave
reasons.
Company (IBEDC), Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), Kaduna
Electricity Distribution Company (KAEDC), and Benin Electricity Distribution
Company (BEDC).
were not given 20 hours of electricity due to system outages and tripping on its
feeders.
ability to provide the required hours of electricity for its premium customers.
to deliver the service required;
the required minimum service level of 20 hours on the feeders as of April 8.
expected hours of light as of April 8 to the affected customers.
record of hours each feeder (especially Band A) accessed electricity between
April 3 and April 8.
customers on Band A for metering.
customers are unmetered, urging DisCos to meter all customers on the premium
band feeders.
