edoairways:
Assuming my area in Benin city GRA is capped at 170 kWh per month, how hours does it translate to in a month?

BlackfireX:
Please fahola do I need to vote PDP out again to have constant electricity

adanny01:
The energy cap puts a maximum limit on your Disco. They can't bill you more than the cap unless you are metered.

Check your energy caps below.

Moderators please front page so Nigerians can know.

lonelydora:


Can you forward this document to my email?

adanny01:


It remains depending on a lot of factors.

A substation always has sophisticated equipment to trip off automatically when there is lightening. Secondly, substation operators have operating manuals and instruments that guide them in deciding when to switch off due to wind, temperature and other things if the system doesn't.

Most times, we see light trips off a miliseconds before lightening strikes or when rain turns to a windstorm.

Windstorm usually causes overhead wires to short circuit leading to failures.

In general, we get more electriicity during rain season. I assume due to lower transformer and cable temperatures.

SenecaTheYonger:
Damn, kinda wish I didn't have meter right now.

edoairways:

sben2308:
Please I have these questions ;

1.On the bill its 14,530 and I pay 13,000 but still PHCN officials came to my house and disconnected my line.Note I pleaded with them severally but they refuse to listen.What is d minimum we are supposed to pay when we receive our monthly bill.

2.Who can I report excess bill charges to because from 5500 to 15k is killing o?

Thanks

Hotfreez:


Is Fashola the Minister of Power or what nonsense are you saying?

AmazingELixir:
Nonsense!...NERC just want to finally kill off the discos, even those with the metering units still shunt the lines leaving just the lighting units hooked to the meter why connecting the heavy appliances to the bypassed loop.....how do they want these guys to remain solvent for heaven's sake.

Power theft is a serious problem unless that is fixed by all stakeholders, estimated billings should be left alone cos that's how the discos break even.

joinnow:


why must 9ja own be different.
when i was in Ghana upon thunderstorm and rain fall the light did not blink.

adanny01:
I felt relieved with this news.

Disco's have since realized that electricity consumers are smart especially with new power saving electric equipment allowing consumers to pay far less when metered than when arbitrary estimate are made.

Disco's resort to giving their agents target just like banks do, in other to meet up, agents use bureaucratic means to hinder delivery of meters then over estimate bills of consumers who have the will to keep up with payments.

Read the news



https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nerc-bars-discos-from-billing-unmetered-residents-above-n1800.html

oz4real83:
Will customers also pay the N1,800 any month there wasn't electricity? I don't know what is so difficult with forcing discos to give prepaid meters. If there are no meters, don't bill anything. Let the discos be at loss with their inability to provide prepaid meters.

adanny01:


We have 24hx30days in a month to make 720h assuming you have light 24/7. Every area has its monthly average which they use to calculate the estimated bill.