What's NERC doing about this?

Expect nothing from this country and you will have peace of mind.

Akwa Ibom was supposed to produce the meters. What happened? Corruption, ineptitude, and Akpabioism ate the meters. Sad to say, but expect anything good from this country at your own peril. NIGERIA, GIANT OF AFRICA MY ASS!


https://www.nairaland.com/2887291/made-in-akwa-ibom-electricity-meters-hit/2


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/%E2%80%A2as-akwa-ibom-is-set-to-produce-electricity-meters/

Pls look no further as the attached screen shot will explain in detail as to why provision of prepaid meters will remain as third dream to larger societies... Individuals are making millions on estimated billing on monthly basis.....

If they can order fighter jets from Trump (though we never see the jets o), what is prepaid meters that can be made locally?

It is a case of massive DISCOs corruption & extortion. Inflated estimated bills rake in free massive cash for them & their corrupt staff.

Question of meter manipulation is just a lame excuse. If true the makers should make the meters extremely hard to manipulate.

Everything is wrong with 9ja honestly.

After paying over 40K per meter and waiting endlessly, we finally got one years back They have been dribbling us Maradona for other meters requested since.

Fraud. If finally mitres are provided they will not make any profit without full electricity supplies. I pay #5,000 per month in my community whether there is power or not.

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

how many phase does it have?

Prepaid Meter would bring an end to estimated billing...so for now we can't do without estimated billing



...PHCN

AreaFada2:
If they can order fighter jets from Trump (though we never see the jets o), what is prepaid meters that can be made locally?

It is a case of massive DISCOs corruption & extortion. Inflated estimated bills rake in free massive cash for them & their corrupt staff.

Question of meter manipulation is just a lame excuse. If true the makers should make the meters extremely hard to manipulate.

Everything is wrong with 9ja honestly.

After paying over 40K per meter and waiting endlessly, we got finally one years back They have been dribbling us Maradona for other meters requested since.

People now pay 60 or 65k... For 1 phase and 100k+ for 3 phase.

blank:


You're a criminal.

expand your horizon... Nigeria produces nothing and if you know what's up you can achieve any forking thing.

futurism:


People now pay 60 or 65k... For 1 phase and 100k+ for 3 phase.

This is crazy. In a country of 18k minimum wage?

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

I disagree to an extent, in abuja we ve close to constant light with a little push we will have constant light but its all corruption and politics that wouldn't allow that. Also, lack of maintenance culture.

AreaFada2:


This is crazy. In a country of 18k minimum wage?

bros, I am business minded, so when problems become too much, it triggers my inquisitive mind and intrigue me.

I didn't pay attention until a few weeks ago but the last few days has been intensely pulling my attention to it.

If not that I don't have connection in high places, getting this meter is at simple as ABC and it's not even as expensive as it is sold in Nigeria and my fear is getting arrested if I should start selling it.

And @blank calling me a criminal is just the most ignorant person on this thread.

those people they claim to manufacture in Nigeria are just fooling around. They don't manufacture shiiit. Na Assembling dem dey do.

But I will try to see if I can break into the niche since one guy says they are offering license. The demand is fuuucking high and one can't afford to miss on such hot market.

I created this thread from the stand point of an ignorant person intentionally for a reason to answer two questions that came to my mind when the idea hit me.

1. Is it politics or 2 is it really scarce. If it were 1, then bad news and if it is 2, then good news.

Apparently the scarcity is no1, politics...

One of those times one wish they have connections.

Because of Nigerians dubious character, technical bypass, people are ready to break their walls and pass the service wires there in order not to vend. Seriously Prepaid is good. It makes my life easy, I don't have business with Nepa again. The only disadvantage is that it has taught my how to save energy, no free AC again.

Corruption is the only reason. If every home in Nigeria has prepaid meter, Nigeria's power problem would have been solved 90%.

it all amounts to corruption.

in every area you go to there must be a regional PHCN office, and every PHCN branch is given a target to deliver by so-and-so period of time. so, it's now like competition among the districts; and since it's a norm in nigeria for the average man and the poor man not to pay their bills, the bills are doubled up and shared in hopes of getting at least half of the total sum, which is actually the target.

There is something fundamentally wrong with the black man. The same thing is happening in Ghana. Prepaid meter have become very hard to get. Mahama ruined this whole country, how hard can it be for a Goverment run company to create a trade route between themselves and India (who they buy meters from?)

I wish I was a human. I wish i was white.

futurism:
bros, but people pay for card na... i do have prepaid meter, by luck though... so not like the availability stops money from coming in, does it?

Read the link below. Chai... Nigeria ooo

edit: https://www.icirnigeria.org/investigation-how-electricity-distribution-officials-extort-customers-in-need-of-prepaid-meter/

Yea people pay for card. Pay as you go and not the extra exobitant estimated bills of 22k for 3bdroom flat

Are you guys even aware that by law the prepaid meter should be assigned to a customer FREE! Yes free. Well, most people are ignorant of this (and other facts). Why not visit NEPAWAHALA.NG today?

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

You just paid for a prepaid meter that should be supplied and installed for FREE

Even the application form is FREE

The blame rests squarely on the government, their response to this issue is zero,they have refused to curb the excesses of the discos,it is really disappointing and we also have to blame all administrations that have been in power since the introduction of ppm,their insistence on restricting the buying,selling and installation of ppm to only power distribution companies is what has brought about this calamity that we are facing,if the market is liberalised all these scams will stop.

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

I had a reason for asking. Thanks.

I have meter and before I was metered, I normally receive satanic bill of 9k to 13k monthly and when I could not take it again, I wrote many complains to NERC against the AEDC.

I ended up demandind for meter and 6 months later I was metered free of charge

I spend less than 3k monthly

So, the main reason why they will not meter you is that you will pay far less what you are billed at moment

One of the top PHCN officers told me that they make more money from the estimated bill than prepared meters, that's why they're frustrating it. They were also warned not to discuss the importance or benefit of prepared meters in any formal place or risk their job.

It's unworthy to note that the availability of prepared meter will fight the corruption in the distribution company... Unworthy here, cuz the phed or whatever they call themselves don't want to terminate the evil money they are making. Do you know I bought my prepared meter at the cost of #85k from a phed staff. Before I started using the PM, I was billed 24k for 3 bedroom flat, the bill kept increasing every month. But after I installed the PM, I haven't been able to exhaust 5k unit in a month, now check how much I blocked them from getting. Installing PM would not only fight corruption in the distribution company but also increase power supply, the PM wouldn't read if there's no light, so for them to sell, they have to supply... Imagine in my area now, all through this month, we haven't seen light, but they have brought bill to those using estimated billing, while am not bothered since am using PM, now imagine where everyone has PM, they have no other choice than bringing constant light

Get solar

futurism:
People. Should go through the link below. We are fuucckked in this country.

I can get anybody a prepaid meter but seeing the kind of evil men at the
helm of power supply frustrating the availability of the meter, I might be arrested if found out and how to integrate the meter into their system is another hurdle so that you can recharge it.

Yes. It is possible to get prepaid meters from private sources, even from prepaid manufacturers outside the country, but PHCN will still frustrate you by not integrating it into the system. That's why I wonder if Fasola is not benefiting from this scam.

Update: Prepaid metres are not free; the single phase goes for at least N38850 and the 3 phase costs above N70k, from Mojec. We applied in May 2019 and just got approval to pay last week.

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."

This is the most insightful comment I have read here so far. If you observe the transformer supplying your area, you're most likely going to see a prepaid metre attached to it. They use this to record the consumption in the area and then bill the consumers. Of course, most of the bill will be estimated. They make sure the inhabitants of that area pay for usage, irrespective of what individual consumers have used. As for adding their own cut to it, well, anything is possible in Nigeria.
As for obtaining prepaid metre, I personally mailed EKEDC (Eko Electricity Distribution Company) serving my area and the response I got is that prepaid metre are FREE, that I should wait for when the distribution will get to my area. Well, people have been waiting for YEARS now.

futurism:
I have been thinking about this for some time now and I would like people in the know to help with answer.

Why aren't there prepaid meter for supply?

Is it politics or there really are non available for use?

I mean did they stop the supply of the prepaid meter because they make more money from houses that do not have the meter or it is true that meter are not really available?

Please if anybody has an idea why people can not get prepaid meter from power companies, please answer

Bro you have answered the question yourself, it's a STRATEGY by the electric companies to continue to continue to drain unsuspecting public dry. They intentionally make it scarce

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."

... Well said bro. In short this SABOTAGE