The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on
Tuesday announced the reduction of electricity
tariff by 50 per cent after it said it was
bombarded with series of complaints from various
classes of electricity consumers.
It noted that the reduction was for some power
distribution companies after it removed the
collection loss component of the Multi Year Tariff
Order 2.1 of the affected Discos.
The Chairman, NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, who spoke in
Abuja, said the addition of the Aggregate
Technical, Commercial and Collection losses to the
reviewed tariff that was implemented on January
1, 2015, were responsible for the skyrocketed
tariff.
The addition, according to the commission, was
done after it conducted a fact-finding tour of
the Discos and noted that it was aimed at
ensuring a cost reflective tariff by passing the
bulk to ‘paying’ consumers for losses incurred
from ‘non-paying’ consumers.
“Although increment in residential tariff was
pending till June, 2015, the total removal of the
collection loss applied to all consumer categories,
including the industrial and commercial consumers,
who were affected,” NERC said.

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