kayperry:



Stop sounding like C O P is determine by stock market or int'l index, i know to a larger extent that "cost of productions" are regulated & responsive to NERC & govt policies which implies we are dealing with controllable factors, what we need is efficiency,transparency and coordination. Even if we sell nigeria to meet up with real cost of production, the glaring insincerity on paths of phcn/govt will still lead us to darkness.
Are you even business oriented @ all, as an entrepreneur its on you to raise capital, afterall nobody force you and the standard of service rendered is what determine charges, you can't provide an average service and tell customer to subscribe premium that you will later use the income to upscale your service. haba maybe phcn should learn from likes of dstv & shoprite. if you invest enough you will earn more than enough

Well, every businessman has to make a profit.

And raising capital is going to be difficult if government is setting your prices and keeping them at a low level for nothing.

Jakumo:
Nigeria is a nation of professional complainers, who love nothing more than heaping abuse on whoever happens to be the current president of that nation. Check the roofs in any American neighborhood, and you will see solar panels everywhere, especially on the West Coast and in states like Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Georgia, where the sun blazes down with intensity for much of the year.

Matter of fact, American homeowners are encouraged to invest in solar power for their homes and businesses, with tax breaks offered to those who install solar power alternatives, and by allowing owners of solar-powered homes and businesses to SELL their surplus generated power back into the national grid, whereby their electricity consumption meters actually run in reverse, generating credit that is paid back in cash to solar power consumers who remain connected to the national electrical grid.

It is certain that many of the people who make a career out of heaping abuse on successive Nigerian government administrations for their failure to supply enough electrical power have invested MILLIONS of naira to buy noisy, polluting, fuel-guzzling diesel and petrol generators to power their homes and business premises. For a fraction of the money wasted on generators and fuel, those same short-sighted complainers could have purchased solar power systems that would power their homes and businesses silently, with zero pollution and zero maintenance, for years and years.

The choice is yours, pellow kwantirimans. You can continue pointing the finger of blame at the current and future governments in Nigeria, or you can awaken from your stupor and go solar. Solar panels have a lifespan of 25 years before they need replacement. The deep-cycle batteries used to store energy from those solar panels have a lifespan of 3 to 5 years before requiring replacement. Compare that cost to the litany of recurrent expenditure for repair and fuel of noisy generators, and you don't need a college degree to realize that you need to go solar NOW.

I don't think it's realistic to put forward solar as a solution for the majority of Nigerians who cannot afford it. It's generally for the well to do in these parts, as yet.

QuinModah:
I can direct you to the person who I bought mine from.

How much did you but yours?

Derrylatei:


How much did you but yours?

867k

The number is huge, what if contacting the customer support service in case of utility billing issues ? Usually it is rather effective, at least you can always switch to another provider.