jpphilips:
The power companies need money to invest in the sector no doubt about that, power generation cost money, that does not still justify the increment at least till we all get meters.

The Honorable Minister Fashola should explain to Nigerians how companies that lack the Financial muscle to invest in the electricity sector won those bids, It wasn't his administration but the realities on ground have necessitated a total probe of the bidding process.

it's like selling an airline to a cab company then turn around and ask the passengers to pay more so that the cab company can buy a plane when it was pretty obvious ab initio that the cab company lacked the capacity to manage an airline.
These companies were allegedly sold to cronies of former president Jonathan in a very dubious process, companies that lack the expertise and financials to run anything were given critical national assets to manage, the process was so shoddy that reputable world class companies like Manitoba was knocked off in favour of companies that had no idea the difference between + & -, are we still surprised why Barth Nnaji was eased out during the Alibaba process. The Acquisition process must be probed!!


Before Nigerians are forced to pay more for services they never get, we need to look at two money spinning areas for the electricity companies.

1) Estimated billing
2) Fixed charge.

Nigerians were charged a fixed charge of 750 naira from 2013 to the last day of 2015, if we take a DISCO like EEDC for example, EEDC monopolized 5 states (Anambra,Imo,Abia,Ebonyi and Enugu states), if we estimate an average of 50 million flats in these states, EEDC makes
750 X 50,000,000.that is a whooping 37.5b naira monthly or 900bn naira for 2yrs.
If you have a bad substation (transformer), they will never spend 2m to replace it rather they will Refurbish it in 20cycles from one street to the other.

KEPCO completed a 200MW power plant in the Philippines for $450m, with exchange rate of 155naira to a dollar (2013 when the DISCOS took over) that amounts to 69.7b naira. This has clearly shown us that a DISCO like EEDC has made enough money in 2yrs to build 13, 200MW power plant from fixed charge alone.


Estimated Billing;


A flat in my neighborhood pays 25k as monthly charge, an area that suffers 4hrs of electricity a day, now, if you do the maths with the worst type of electronics on earth, you will agree with me that a flat in my neighborhood should not consume more than 7k in a month.
Subtract that amount from the 25k we pay, the DISCO is making another killing of 18k per flat, I am sure that it is the same with most estimated flats.

Suppose half of EEDC customers are on estimated billing, on this fraud they make another 18k X 25m= 450b per month or 10.8T in 2yrs, let us give recurrent expenditure half of that amount, EEDC as a DISCO made 6.3T in two years, an amount that can build 78nos 200MW power plant.

How can fashola convince me that they do not have the funds to invest in the sector to guarantee steady electricity for consumers?

One of the least Power assets is a meter, a three phase meter retails in China for $80 quantity price, yet fashola thinks that a company sitting on 6.3T could not provide an $80 meter to justify the said increment?
If at 6.3T they can not provide ordinary meter, how much more do we need to pay before a transmission line is replaced?

Is this change??

TeOwl:
how many watts does you TV, Laptop and DSTV consume in total?

9japrof:


You mean 48ah battery, that should be a car battery or something right ?

that's cute bro, desperate times calls for desperate measures

jpphilips:
The power companies need money to invest in the sector no doubt about that, power generation cost money, that does not still justify the increment at least till we all get meters.

The Honorable Minister Fashola should explain to Nigerians how companies that lack the Financial muscle to invest in the electricity sector won those bids, It wasn't his administration but the realities on ground have necessitated a total probe of the bidding process.

it's like selling an airline to a cab company then turn around and ask the passengers to pay more so that the cab company can buy a plane when it was pretty obvious ab initio that the cab company lacked the capacity to manage an airline.
These companies were allegedly sold to cronies of former president Jonathan in a very dubious process, companies that lack the expertise and financials to run anything were given critical national assets to manage, the process was so shoddy that reputable world class companies like Manitoba was knocked off in favour of companies that had no idea the difference between + & -, are we still surprised why Barth Nnaji was eased out during the Alibaba process. The Acquisition process must be probed!!


Before Nigerians are forced to pay more for services they never get, we need to look at two money spinning areas for the electricity companies.

1) Estimated billing
2) Fixed charge.

Nigerians were charged a fixed charge of 750 naira from 2013 to the last day of 2015, if we take a DISCO like EEDC for example, EEDC monopolized 5 states (Anambra,Imo,Abia,Ebonyi and Enugu states), if we estimate an average of 50 million flats in these states, EEDC makes
750 X 50,000,000.that is a whooping 37.5b naira monthly or 900bn naira for 2yrs.
If you have a bad substation (transformer), they will never spend 2m to replace it rather they will Refurbish it in 20cycles from one street to the other.

KEPCO completed a 200MW power plant in the Philippines for $450m, with exchange rate of 155naira to a dollar (2013 when the DISCOS took over) that amounts to 69.7b naira. This has clearly shown us that a DISCO like EEDC has made enough money in 2yrs to build 13, 200MW power plant from fixed charge alone.


Estimated Billing;


A flat in my neighborhood pays 25k as monthly charge, an area that suffers 4hrs of electricity a day, now, if you do the maths with the worst type of electronics on earth, you will agree with me that a flat in my neighborhood should not consume more than 7k in a month.
Subtract that amount from the 25k we pay, the DISCO is making another killing of 18k per flat, I am sure that it is the same with most estimated flats.

Suppose half of EEDC customers are on estimated billing, on this fraud they make another 18k X 25m= 450b per month or 10.8T in 2yrs, let us give recurrent expenditure half of that amount, EEDC as a DISCO made 6.3T in two years, an amount that can build 78nos 200MW power plant.

How can fashola convince me that they do not have the funds to invest in the sector to guarantee steady electricity for consumers?

One of the least Power assets is a meter, a three phase meter retails in China for $80 quantity price, yet fashola thinks that a company sitting on 6.3T could not provide an $80 meter to justify the said increment?
If at 6.3T they can not provide ordinary meter, how much more do we need to pay before a transmission line is replaced?

Is this change??

adewasco2k:


its not a car battery, its a LifePo4 rechargeable battery

9japrof:


Dude I have that kinda of battery that I got from INEC back in the days used for elections, tho the circuit is dead but the battery very much alive, how do I roll with it to do that kind of connection

jpphilips:
The power companies need money to invest in the sector no doubt about that, power generation cost money, that does not still justify the increment at least till we all get meters.

The Honorable Minister Fashola should explain to Nigerians how companies that lack the Financial muscle to invest in the electricity sector won those bids, It wasn't his administration but the realities on ground have necessitated a total probe of the bidding process.

it's like selling an airline to a cab company then turn around and ask the passengers to pay more so that the cab company can buy a plane when it was pretty obvious ab initio that the cab company lacked the capacity to manage an airline.
These companies were allegedly sold to cronies of former president Jonathan in a very dubious process, companies that lack the expertise and financials to run anything were given critical national assets to manage, the process was so shoddy that reputable world class companies like Manitoba was knocked off in favour of companies that had no idea the difference between + & -, are we still surprised why Barth Nnaji was eased out during the Alibaba process. The Acquisition process must be probed!!


Before Nigerians are forced to pay more for services they never get, we need to look at two money spinning areas for the electricity companies.

1) Estimated billing
2) Fixed charge.

Nigerians were charged a fixed charge of 750 naira from 2013 to the last day of 2015, if we take a DISCO like EEDC for example, EEDC monopolized 5 states (Anambra,Imo,Abia,Ebonyi and Enugu states), if we estimate an average of 50 million flats in these states, EEDC makes
750 X 50,000,000.that is a whooping 37.5b naira monthly or 900bn naira for 2yrs.
If you have a bad substation (transformer), they will never spend 2m to replace it rather they will Refurbish it in 20cycles from one street to the other.

KEPCO completed a 200MW power plant in the Philippines for $450m, with exchange rate of 155naira to a dollar (2013 when the DISCOS took over) that amounts to 69.7b naira. This has clearly shown us that a DISCO like EEDC has made enough money in 2yrs to build 13, 200MW power plant from fixed charge alone.


Estimated Billing;


A flat in my neighborhood pays 25k as monthly charge, an area that suffers 4hrs of electricity a day, now, if you do the maths with the worst type of electronics on earth, you will agree with me that a flat in my neighborhood should not consume more than 7k in a month.
Subtract that amount from the 25k we pay, the DISCO is making another killing of 18k per flat, I am sure that it is the same with most estimated flats.

Suppose half of EEDC customers are on estimated billing, on this fraud they make another 18k X 25m= 450b per month or 10.8T in 2yrs, let us give recurrent expenditure half of that amount, EEDC as a DISCO made 6.3T in two years, an amount that can build 78nos 200MW power plant.

How can fashola convince me that they do not have the funds to invest in the sector to guarantee steady electricity for consumers?

One of the least Power assets is a meter, a three phase meter retails in China for $80 quantity price, yet fashola thinks that a company sitting on 6.3T could not provide an $80 meter to justify the said increment?
If at 6.3T they can not provide ordinary meter, how much more do we need to pay before a transmission line is replaced?

Is this change??

iguita:
Ogbeni, you have exposed the secrets of these guys oo. father inlaw and I were discussing these issue just an hour ago and I told him that the increment in tariff will not improve generation or supply, rather what we will see is another increment by this time next year. I should show the old man your post, it made all my arguments since morning simple. What I do not understand is why the honorable (or horrorable minister in this case supported them, I told daddy he must have collected brown envelope but daddy is a devoted Buhari/ Fashola follower.

jpphilips:


Fashola is busy insulting common sense, give us meter then increase your tariff, if I can afford just 10hrs of your expensive electricity daily, so be it, if i can afford 24hrs, then so be it.

spyglaxx:
they removed the light from town claiming 33million indebtedness so i got a 200 watts solar panel powering my house now. Electricity bill is out of my budget.

adewasco2k:
with my 48ah battery + DC distribution box + 1000w/Dc12V to AC220V with a USB 5V i have my self covered for almost the whole day on my laptop + TV + DSTV

This was my greatest discovery in 2015.

radiokilla:
how much did this setup cost u

adewasco2k:
25k

Khaynet:

please can i get ur contact....
I'm working on something like that and i need guidance.