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- 11 Sept 2016
4m Nigerians Without Digital Electricity Meter -NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that over four million electricity consumers are awaiting prepaid meters in the country. Dr. Anthony Aka, acting NERC chairman, made…
- 22 Apr 2024
NERC Cedes Regulatory Oversight of Enugu Electricity Market to State Government Agency
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 by the…
- 28 Aug 2013
Nigerians Pay Inefficient Price for Electricity
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has admitted that consumers are paying inefficient price for electricity but attributed the situation to the unavailability of power supply. Dr. Sam…
- 5 Jan 2021
NERC Denies Increasing Electricity Tariff
The management of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said there is no 50 per cent increase in electricity tariff. This was made known by Mr Micheal Faloseyi, NERC’s Head of…
- 22 Dec 2015
NERC Increases Electricity Tariffs, Scraps Fixed Charges
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ( NERC) has finally released the new power tariff regime, in which it outlined the various rates of increase in energy charges for consumers across the…
- 3 Sept 2014
NERC, EMS Differ over Certification of Power Sector
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Electric Management Services Limited are heading to a battle for supremacy over who has the final authority and mandate to do other technical…
- 15 Jun 2015
NERC Licenses 4 Firms to Generate 774 MW of Electricity
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued on-grid licences to four companies to generate 774 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The companies are to generate electricity from solar…
- 7 Sept 2025
NASS to Scrap NERC’s Electricity Tariff Bands Amid Public Outcry
National Assembly (NASS) has commenced a review of the 2023 Electricity Act with strong indications that the electricity tariff categories introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission…
- 24 Dec 2024
NERC Discloses $5.7 Million Debt Owed by International Customers for Q3 2024 Electricity Supply
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that international customers owe $5.7 million for electricity supplied in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024. The debtors include…
- 18 Feb 2021
NERC Moves to Tackle Load Rejection Issues Between TCN, DisCos
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) will be liable to pay capacity charge for rejecting load allocated to them due to constraints on…
- 12 May 2025
NERC Orders DisCos to Compensate Band A Customers in 557 Streets
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed nine electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to compensate Band A customers residing in 557 streets across their franchise areas for…
- 16 Feb 2016
Senate Orders Minister, NERC to Suspend Electricity Tariff Hike
The senate has ordered the Ministry of Power led by Babatunde Fashola, the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and electricity distribution companies immediately stand down of the…
- 4 Mar 2026
NERC Orders DisCos to Refund ₦20.33Bn Meter Costs to Customers
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ruled in favor of electricity consumers, directing distribution companies (DisCos) to refund ₦20.33 billion in outstanding costs for meters…
- 15 Jul 2016
Discos Insist on New Electricity Tariff
Electricity distributors have rejected a Federal High Court ruling mandating the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to reverse the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariffs in the…
- 18 Aug 2024
MTN, others Get Permits to Generate Electricity
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued permits to Golden Penny Power Limited, MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Havenhill Synergy, and others for mini-grid electricity generation,…
- 11 Nov 2025
Electricity Subscribers in Nigeria Climb to Nearly 12 Million
The total number of active electricity customers nationwide increased from 11.89 million in July to 11.96 million in August 2025, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).…
- 12 Jun 2025
LASERC Takes Full Control of Electricity Regulation in Lagos
Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) has issued a new directive establishing a formal regulatory framework for electricity market operations within Lagos. With the release of Order…
- 26 Feb 2015
Businesses Threaten Shut Down over High Electricity Tariff
Industry owners and employers of labour on Wednesday declared that they would be forced to shut down their operations if the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) continues to insist that…
- 30 Aug 2024
NERC says World Bank will Crash Solar Tariff in Nigeria
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said the World Bank will soon be executing a solar auction framework that will reduce the cost of solar tariff in Nigeria. The Head of the…
- 27 May 2014
Nigerians Get New Electricity Tariffs
From June 1, some electricity consumers will pay far lesser than what they are currently paying for fixed charges and energy consumption. A few others, according to the Nigerian Electricity…
- 25 Dec 2014
NERC Hikes Electricity Tariff
An amended ‘special’ Multi Year Tariff Order to be known as MYTO 2.1 officially took off Wednesday. Essentially, from yesterday, electricity tariff went up. However, because service delivery has not…
- 7 Jan 2021
FG Directs NERC to Suspend Tariff Hike
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to suspend the recently adjusted electricity tariff. Mamman Saleh, minister of Power, made this known in a statement…
- 8 Dec 2021
UBA Takes over AEDC over Failure of KANN Consortium to Service Debt
Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) have approved the takeover of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) by the United Bank for Africa…
- 3 Mar 2025
NLC Fumes Over Telecom, Electricity Tariff Hikes
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has alerted its affiliates to prepare for a possible nationwide protest over the recent hike in telecommunications service tariffs and the proposed electricity band…
- 22 Jan 2023
SERAP Sues Buhari Over Failure to ‘Reverse Unlawful Electricity Tariff Hike’.
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to reverse the unlawful, unjust, and unreasonable increase in…
- 23 Jul 2024
Reps Ask NERC, DISCOs to Reverse Band A Tariff Hike
House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the distribution companies, DISCOs, to reverse the tariff hike for Band A customers immediately.…
- 20 Sept 2022
PPC Backs Local Production of Smart Meters, Electricity Access
PPC Limited, Nigeria’s leading engineering and infrastructure development company, is supporting the local production of smart meters through the supply of accessories in the drive to ensure…
- 24 Apr 2022
Don’t Fix Transformers for DISCOs, FCCPC Tells Consumers
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said electricity consumers are not responsible “to purchase, replace or repair transformers, poles or other associated equipment…
- 21 Nov 2017
SPDC JV’s Afam VI Power Plant Secures Licence for another 10 Years
Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has renewed the power generation licence for Afam VI Power Plant, a 650MW-capacity facility that has delivered over 24.16 million Megawatt-hour (MWh)…
- 30 Sept 2014
NERC Targets N1trn Revenue from Power Sector by 2016
Dr. Sam Amadi, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has said that the revenue from the nation’s power sector would grow to N1 trillion by 2016. Amadi made the projection…