Tag: DISCOS, Gencos, TCN
WorldStage Economic Summit 2023: Stakeholders identify bureacracy and bottlenecks responsible for power failure in Nigeria
NewdawnNov 20, 2023
Unknown to many Nigerians, failure in regular electricity supply to households and businesses in the country is not only as a result of government negligence or...
Improve on your performance,Adelabu reads riot act to Discos,Gencos
NewdawnOct 14, 2023
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has urged the Generating companies (GENCOs) and the Distribution companies (DISCOs), to improve on their performance in...
Update your pre- paid metres free of charge before November 2024, NERC tells Nigerians
Our ReporterAug 23, 2023
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has asked prepaid meter users to update their meters before November next year. NERC announced the...
Consumers should be compensated by DiSCOS for poor service says NERC
Our ReporterAug 01, 2023
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission,NERC, has said that electricity consumers can get compensation for poor service delivery when the distribution...
DiSCOS witholding remittance of N208bn to FG
Our ReporterJun 26, 2023
In spite of huge amount of tarrif charged,Power distribution companies has failed to remit a total of N208.8bn to the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry in 2022, the...
Electricity: July 1 increment date irreversible-Discos
Our ReporterJun 26, 2023
In spite of stiff opposition by Labour and the general public,power distribution companies, on Sunday insisted that the tariffs payable by electricity consumers...
Stop selling pre-paid metres, FG warns DiSCOs
Our ReporterMar 04, 2022
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja cautioned Distribution Companies (DISCOS) again selling electricity metres to customers, saying procurement of metres is free...
LASG, DiSCOs agree on power supply to Lagosians
Our ReporterSep 15, 2021
…Releases 20,000 free prepaid meters for low income areas Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, on Tuesday signed...
Nigerian electricity consumers warn NERC, DiScos on fresh tariff hike
Our ReporterMay 03, 2021
In the light of plans to increase electricity tariffs in the country,a group of consumers have commenced mobilisation to stave off the plan saying it would resist...
DiScos selling prepaid metres to face sanction – FG
NewdawnDec 03, 2020
Ahmed Zakari, special adviser to the president on infrastructure, says the federal government will sanction any official of electricity distribution companies...