The federal government has repeatedly stated its ambition to increase power generation in the national grid from approximately 4,500MW to an unprecedented 6,000MW by the end...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced the approval of N21 billion for 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to provide meters for customers. This...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced on Friday, June 21, the approval of N21 billion for the eleven electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to provide meters...
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced the upgrade and downgrade of certain locations under its territory from Band B to Band A and vice...
The thirty-six State governors of Nigeria have recommended the phasing out of electricity subsidy in the country to ensure liquidity in the power sector. This is...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) is currently considering plans for states to be able to export or import electricity between them or from the National grid...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said the federal government has released a total of N20 billion to the power distribution companies (DisCos) for the procurement...
Story highlights Following the surge in electricity tariffs for Band A customers in the nation from N66/kWh to N208/kWh, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) lodged...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has called on the federal government to suspend the increase in electricity tariff for Band A customers, describing...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, announced that for the first time in three years, Nigeria’s power sector reached an impressive output of 5000MW this month,...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, stated that the rise in electricity tariffs for Band A customers is a temporal hardship pending an increase in power...
The Organised Labour in Nigeria has taken a firm stance, demanding the complete reversal of the power sector privatisation and the recovery of all public electricity...
Members of organised labour are currently protesting at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in Lagos and Abuja. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and...
Members and leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other affiliate labour unions in Lagos state are currently picketing the head...
The National Labour Congress (NLC) has instructed its members across the country to picket the offices of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the power...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) till May 12 to withdraw the...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has reduced the exchange rate for calculating the current electricity tariff for Band A customers by 16.03%, from N1,463.3/$ to...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has confirmed the approval of 8.1% electricity tarif rate cut for customers under Band A category for all power distribution...
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IE) announced that it has incorporated 19 new Band A feeders into its network following the recent decrease in electricity rates...
Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IE) has announced the reduction of its electricity tariff for customers under Band A from N225/kWh to N206.80/kWh. In a circular signed...
Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IE) has announced the reduction of its electricity tariff for customers under Band A from N225/kWh to N206.80/kWh. In a circular signed...
The Federal Government has mandated system operators in the Nigerian power industry to supply not more than 6% of total available grid generation per hour to...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), acting under the provisions of the Nigeria Electricity Act, has ordered the establishment of an Independent System Operator (ISO) to...
A federal high court in Kano has granted an interim order restraining the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) from implementing an electricity tariff hike for Band...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has stated that, contrary to popular opinion, the occurrence of national grid collapses has decreased significantly by 76.47% in the...
The House of Representatives has directed the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the implementation of the new increment in electricity tariff for its Band...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced the deregulation of meter prices under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) Scheme for end-user customers. This is contained...
The revenue collection efficiency of 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) reached 85.82% in February 2024, according to a report by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)....
When the new tariff hike was announced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on April 3rd, it was met with harsh resistance but most importantly confusion...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has transferred regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Ondo state to the state’s electricity regulatory bureau. This was disclosed...
The Federal Government has commenced the unbundling process for the 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) along state lines for better efficiency. This was made known by...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has officially transferred the oversight of Ekiti State’s electricity market to the Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (EERB). Set to...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ceded the regulatory oversight of the Enugu electricity market to the Enugu Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC), which is owned...
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have been directed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to refund customers wrongly billed with the new rate. In a...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fined the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) N200,000,000 over tariff violations after overcharging customers. In a statement on...