With about 4.7 million unmetered consumers projected to double in a couple of years, stakeholders in the energy sector have aligned with the federal government’s Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to close the metering gap and its attendant challenges in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry.     The Managing Director, Mojec International Limited, Chantelle Abdul, explained…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is beginning mass metering of electricity consumers nationwide May 1. Its General Manager, Public Affairs, Dr. Usman Arabi, in a statement, said the exercise would be executed under the Meter Asset Providers (MAP) programme of the Federal Government. “The commission issued permits to MAPs on April 5 in accordance…

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed that Distribution Companies (DisCos) must answer their failure to meter Nigerians based on existing contracts. This, he, said was despite government’s new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) policy. He stated this at the inauguration of a chemical and engineering laboratory at Ijora-Olopa, Lagos, which was upgraded…

The Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Iranola Ayodeji, has said that metering does not entirely solve the nation’s power challenges. According to him, there have been complaints from some metered customers on IBEDC network with respect to operations and how the meters run fast. He said most customers are…

Nigeria Electricity Regulation commission (NERC) has unveiled its plans to address issues bordering on metering in the sector. The Assistant General Manager, Networks and Engineering Standards, Engr. Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, made this known at a workshop organized by the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Apapa branch, on Thursday. With the theme ‘Effective Metering in Nigeria: A…

The Civil Society Group for Good Governance (CSGGG) has called on the Federal Government to address the “crazy electricity billing’’ of Nigerians and intensify efforts on metering. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the group’s convener, Dominic Ogakwu, made the appeal yesterday in a statement in Abuja after a one-day power forum with…

The Federal House of Representatives has said it was determined to strengthen the operations of indigenous meter manufactures and curb cases of estimated billing in the country. Mr Isreal Famuyiwa, Chairman of the House of Representatives’ ad-hoc Committee on Power to curb excessive charges by Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) made the assertion on Friday in…

Checks at NERC indicated that the country does not have any reliable enumeration of the nation’s electricity consumers, showing, where they are, what they consume and how many have been metered.