futurism:
whatever bros... grandpa, great grandpa and my ancestor's ancestor

MIKOLOWISKA:
still cheaper than petrol or diesel gen
or darkness or estimated bill.what do you maintain in inverter me man.is it car that need servicing.electronics have no moving parts
see if you prefer being magaed.outs not by force
continue making nepa officials rich with your sweat

MIKOLOWISKA:
atoh

futurism:
Good.... you just answered what I had asked above. So the none availability is politics.

I had a reason for asking. Thanks.

futurism:
lol... and we say we can really get constant power supply? That will NEVER happen in the next 100 YEARS!

damola1:
I just paid 100k to get prepaid meter.

EgunMogaji:
"From the benefit of hindsight and historically, most distribution of power sectors realised that when you introduce prepaid meters, revenue drops. Because it is prepaid, people get conscious of consumption and they thereby reduce usage. Then we discovered that prepayment leads to more bypassing. If we meter the distribution transformers, at least we can audit and know what energy has gone to a particular area and from there we can then see the bills that have not been issued. We will know that within that locality there is an issue and we can then send our team to go and look at what is happening. We have decided to do a mix: post-paid metering, prepaid metering and also metering the distribution transformers. By this, we will be able to have real case scenarios."

olubankemi:
Get yourself updated. Soon some private contractors called MAPs - meter access providers will be licensed to sell prepaid meters . It's soon going to be like you going out there to buy a sim card.

They were supposed to start functioning April 28 but politics is holding them back.


Even Phcn in my area is going out there ones they've being keeping free.

blank:


That's because you're a crook. You're part of the people spoiling the power sector so no need to look towards govt because it is made up with people like you. People who are always looking for a shortcut for the system not to work. You can justify yourself to your praise singers who do not know better but you know what you are proposing is stealing electricity no matter how you term it.

It's because of people like you that the disco's think they are losing money on prepaid and are not ready to continue to fund it. After all, anyone can now buy meters. Keep channeling the money into your slush fund.

NERC have made a rule that anyone can buy meters. So, why not go to the disco, get their spec and buy it. Give it to them to fix and integrate into their system.

7lives:


Yeye dey smell, go to Ago Okota axis, na 24hr light.
Every house in this axis is on prepaid meter, no light no money, simple as abc.
Nigerians NEEDS to learn to BLOCK financial loopholes, I know those who pay as much as 35k on monthly basis because they sell cold drinks.
I told them to FIGHT for prepaid meters, but they were being LIED to by the power distribution officials.
The same people that are in charge of electricity are in charge of petrol and generators, they are also in charge of the generator spare parts.
The earlier people understand this the better.
FIGHT AND GET a prepaid meter this is the ONLY way out.

7lives:


Abeg make we hear word, will they EVER sell meter when they can JUST bill people without giving them light.

futurism:
bros, don't waste your time on that witch. She is probably profiting from the estimated billing. What is her point of argument if i may ask?

blank:


You're a crook and a thief. That's the crux of my argument.

blank:


You're a crook and a thief. That's the crux of my argument.

EgunMogaji:
"From the benefit of hindsight and historically, most distribution of power sectors realised that when you introduce prepaid meters, revenue drops. Because it is prepaid, people get conscious of consumption and they thereby reduce usage. Then we discovered that prepayment leads to more bypassing. If we meter the distribution transformers, at least we can audit and know what energy has gone to a particular area and from there we can then see the bills that have not been issued. We will know that within that locality there is an issue and we can then send our team to go and look at what is happening. We have decided to do a mix: post-paid metering, prepaid metering and also metering the distribution transformers. By this, we will be able to have real case scenarios."

laudate:


Again, metering only the distribution transformers has a flaw. If one transformer serves 15 houses, are we saying that each house will have the same number of electronic/electrical gadgets, and will consume the exact same kilowatts of power? How will power consumption within each house or flat be tracked, to ensure one house is not being cheated by another? If Mr. A's house has 12 appliances, and Mr. B's house has 4 gadgets, and they are both connected to the same metered transformer, how will the bills be shared?

It is much better for each house to have its own pre-paid meter for easy reliable assessment, and tracking of electricity consumption . Such meters should also come with anti-tampering device, or tamper-proof cases and software, to ensure that power supply is cut off, immediately such pre-paid meters are fiddled with, by unauthorised persons. And an enforcement unit from the DISCO should follow up promptly, to investigate and rectify such things.

EgunMogaji:
You’re missing the point.

If transformer says 2,000 kilowatts were disbursed then the total of all bills from houses served by that transformer should be near 2,000 kilowatts.

Any major deviation means that an electric rustler is there

laudate:

Egbon, I get your point, but you seem to be missing my point. How will the bills for the 2,000 kilowatts be shared among each of the houses? In what proportion? Will it be shared equally, when the consumption is not identical? That would be unfair.

Metering the distribution transformer, will only make sense if each house also has a pre-paid meter!

laudate:

Egbon, I get your point, but you seem to be missing my point. How will the bills for the 2,000 kilowatts be shared among each of the houses? In what proportion? Will it be shared equally, when the consumption is not identical? That would be unfair.

Metering the distribution transformer, will only make sense if each house also has a pre-paid meter!

oyb:
Total reading from transformer 4000wh
Total reading from prepaid meters 1000wh
Divide the 3000wh among the unmetered consumers
Profit

oyb:


Total reading from transformer 4000wh
Total reading from prepaid meters 1000wh
Divide the 3000wh among the unmetered consumers
Profit

laudate:


It is still wrong to have unmetered customers, as fraudulent pre-paid bills will be allocated to them. In what proportion will the 3,000 kw you just quoted be shared to unmetered customers?

Ideally, it should be 1,000 kw reading at distribution transformer = 1,000 kw reading at pre-paid meters in houses/offices. No need for long story.

neonly:

With what you justposted it show u are not an engineer or have used any of dis garget I mention

Batteries have life span I know
Batteries are very expensive

Any spark from wires in d house results in damages
U can't use iron ac except I use over 100kv inver.

u not just getting it all dis garget are for subtitles not permanent

oyb:


What I posted is exactly what happens. There is energy theft everywhere. They have no way of countering it, so they pass it to the unmetered.

They reconcile energy that can be accounted for and share the bills for the unaccounted energy as crazy bills. There is a method to the madness

Josh44s:


Now you are talking. I even called BEDC official hotline so many times for them to send someone but nobody cares. So, I lock up and start using free light. Dem nova born the PHCN official wey go get mind enter my yard come check my meter to see if it’s reading.

XaintJoel20:


If them know this your tori no go hold water oooooh

Josh44s:


Guy you have no idea how frustrating it is to load meter 4K every one and half week. The thing dey read like seconds in engine clock.

Josh44s:


Guy you have no idea how frustrating it is to load meter 4K every one and half week. The thing dey read like seconds in engine clock.

EgunMogaji:


Have you considered that you may have a faulty appliance?

Maybe do an audit of each plugged equipment.

oyb:


what do you have in your house?

are you sure no one is stealing energy from you?

oyb:


what do you have in your house?

are you sure no one is stealing energy from you?