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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says electricity has again topped its 2021 consumer-related complaints chart just like in 2020. The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Mr Babatunde Irukera said…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it is proposing to impose fines on Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) for wrongfully disconnecting customers from power supply. This information was made available in a…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday said 62.63 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were on estimated billing as at September 2020. NERC stated this in the 2019 to Quarter 3, 2020 Nigerian…

A group, the All Electricity Protection Forum, says it will sue the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), if the recent increment in electricity tariffs is not reversed. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Gideon Balogun, on…

The Federal Government says its representatives on the Board of Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) has been increased from one to two, to further supervise activities in the power sector. The Head of Public Communications,…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Thursday decried the group disconnection of electricity consumers by the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria. Mr Babatunde Irukera, the commission’s Chief…

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola says the power to revoke licenses of non-performing electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) is vested in the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Fashola…

The electricity distribution companies have described as lies and half truths, most of the statements made last week Monday by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, about the power sector. They revealed on Tuesday…

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDP) on Thursday said there would be interruption of power supply in some parts of Lagos communities on Saturday. Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, said in…

The Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors (ANED) has assured the non-Maximum Demand (MD) customers or residential customers that it is intensifying plans to provide meters to eradicate the challenge of estimated billing. The…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has appealed to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, to prevail on Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to provide pre-paid meters to Nigerians.…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, SAN requesting him to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently enforce your…

Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, on Monday, told electricity distribution companies that nobody forced them to acquire power assets. The minister chided DisCos over their inability to meet the electricity needs of…

The Federal Government has been appealed to by the Association of Electricity Distribution Companies (ANED to provide the N100 billion subsidy it promised after private investors took over the power sector utilities on November 1, 2013.…

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has called on stakeholders to ensure regular consultations with Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) on power distribution. Fashola made the call on Friday when he…

A fresh increase on the electricity bill being paid by the consumers may take effect if a proposal by power distribution companies to raise an average energy charge of N105 per kilowatt - hour from the current 22.8/kwh is approved. This…