HOW DISCOS IGNORE NERC, SLAMS CUSTOMERS WITH ‘CRAZY’ ELECTRICITY BILL

By JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON

The recent electricity bill distributed to estimated customers across the country is not only wicked, but criminal.


This was done in flagrant disregard for the capping which the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) issued out in February this year.

In view of the aforesaid, the August and September billings are contrary to the NERC Order “C” of Page 7 of the ORDER NO/NERC 197/2020 titled Order on the Capping of Estimated Electricity Bill in the NESI.

The NERC had in February issued order No/NERC/197/2020 on capping of estimated billings in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, thereby placing a cap on estimated bill to unmetered customers.

This was to protect unmetered R2 (Residential single and 3 phase meters, who consume more than 50kwh per month) and C1 (Commercial single and 3 phase meters, small businesses) customers from estimated and arbitrary billing and hopefully hasten the process of metering. (June 9, 2020) NERC Tweet

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In view of the aforesaid, the August and September billings are contrary to the NERC Order “C” of Page 7 of the ORDER NO/NERC 197/2020 titled Order on the Capping of Estimated Electricity Bill in the NESI.

The bill for September is killing, our representatives should do something about this