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The Nigerian government is working towards generating a medium-term 20,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2026 and a long-term 60,000 MW by 2060, Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu said last week. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Nigeria Energy Summit in Lagos, Adelabu said the federal government would grow the power sector through huge investments. He said a US$20 billion investment plan has been put in place for the establishment of new power plants and...

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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has announced that a single-phase prepaid meter would now cost N81,975.16 while the price of a three-phase prepaid meter has also been increased to N143,836.10. NERC announced the new development in a memo jointly signed by its chairman, Sanusi Garba and its commissioner for legal, licensing and compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, dated September 5. Before now, a single-phase prepaid meter costs N58,661.69 and a three-phase prepaid meter costs N109,684.36. On...

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 …Nine Power Transmission Towers Vandalize In Ogun Ten out of 27 local government areas of Borno State are not connected to the national grid which affects the economy of the state. The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin Elkanemi disclosed this on Tuesday at the Presidential flag off of Wadi-B oil well drilling in the Tuba community, Jere Local government Area of the state. “We have a very serious problem of power...

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Electricity consumers have been directed to reject any meter supplied by distribution companies without NEMSA seal and labels. Aliyu Tukur Tahir, Managing Director of Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), who gave the directive at a news conference in Abuja, said identifying the NEMSA seal and label was to ensure the meters being installed were genuine and certified. “More testing centres had been established for certification and standardization of meters for home and industrial purposes.”...

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…Assures consumers of improved supply The customers of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Plc in Gwarinpa, Life Camp, Kubwa, and environs, have been assured of improved electricity supply as the company has completed the construction of three 33KV feeders and the installation of auto reclosers at the Dawaki 2x60MVA, 132/33KV transmission station in Abuja. The Chief Marketing Officer of the company, Donald Etim, in a press statement said that the new project which was commissioned...

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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in its Fourth Quarter Report 2021 shows that the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) received a total of 222,639 complaints from consumers in Quarter 4 of 2021. The report, however, said the DisCos resolved 212,382 complaints corresponding to a 95.39 percent resolution rate. The report explained that the 222,639 complaints represented 9.91 percent less of the 24,479 of those received in Q3, 2021. “Metering, billing, and service interruption were the...

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ENUGU — Following the industrial action embarked on by electricity workers on Wednesday, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, calls on her esteemed customers and Neighborhood Associations to be vigilant and protect all electrical installations within their environment. Emphasizing the need for collective safeguarding of the installations, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communication, EEDC, revealed that based on past experience, unscrupulous persons might take advantage of electricity outages to vandalize electricity installations. Ezeh stated,...

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ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), to increase the production of solar cells to boost the country’s alternative power sources. Mohammed Haruna, chief executive officer, NASENI, disclosed this to journalists on Friday, after briefing with the president on the activities of the agency, in Abuja. A solar cell, also known as a photovoltaic cell, is an electrical device that converts light energy into electrical energy...

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BAUCHI — Electricity consumers in Bauchi State have decried high tariffs, epileptic supply, and non-availability of prepaid meters in the state. They also accused Jos Electricity Distribution Company, (JEDC) of sabotaging the Federal Government effort for its failure to install prepaid meters to conform to the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Recall that the federal government had mandated Distribution companies (DISCOs) to meter residential and commercial buildings under its National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Some...

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MINNA — Niger State House of Assembly, Office of the Secretary to the State Government, and water board are among other government offices that resorted to using generators to power their offices due to the disconnection of the offices by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over a debt amounting to N1.9 billion. AEDC regional manager in Minna in a document issued on Friday said the debt spanned over eight years and vowed not to...

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