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The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED has reacted to the directive by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, which instructed Nigerians without electricity meters to stop paying electricity bills.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of ANED, Azu Obiaya the directive only applies to Maximum Demand, MD, customers and not residential.
Maximum Demand (MD) customers are commercial and industrial customers who consume high levels of electricity and contribute substantially to the revenues of distribution companies.
The consumption threshold for MD customers is 45KVA. They are connected on the 11Kv (High tension wire) electricity lines, mostly on dedicated transformers.
"We recognise that our residential consumers will be interested in this notice thinking that it applies to them in their need for meters, and we recognise that everyone will like to be metered, we are working towards that.
“But this time, that notice by NERC is specific for maximum demand customers," he said.
“Yes, it is a challenge, but we are working hard to ensure that we meter all the MD customers to eliminate issues associated with estimated billing that those customers have.”
He added that the DisCos were committed to delivering quality electricity supply to all category of customers.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of ANED, Azu Obiaya the directive only applies to Maximum Demand, MD, customers and not residential.
Maximum Demand (MD) customers are commercial and industrial customers who consume high levels of electricity and contribute substantially to the revenues of distribution companies.
The consumption threshold for MD customers is 45KVA. They are connected on the 11Kv (High tension wire) electricity lines, mostly on dedicated transformers.
"We recognise that our residential consumers will be interested in this notice thinking that it applies to them in their need for meters, and we recognise that everyone will like to be metered, we are working towards that.
“But this time, that notice by NERC is specific for maximum demand customers," he said.
“Yes, it is a challenge, but we are working hard to ensure that we meter all the MD customers to eliminate issues associated with estimated billing that those customers have.”
He added that the DisCos were committed to delivering quality electricity supply to all category of customers.
