Politics PHCN Successors Should Prioritize Customers' Meters- NERC

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The Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Sam Amadi, on Friday at a two-day workshop in Abuja urged the PHCN successor companies to make the provision of meters to customers a priority.

Amadi said the idea of the successor companies continuing with bills estimation would not be tolerated, noting that it would not be beneficial to the customers.

He said that in the new power reform agenda, both the accounts of the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) and the customers should be balanced and maintained.

He said that providing meters for all customers would enable them to monitor their energy usage as well as allow the DISCOs to determine how much revenue they could realize, adding that the more customers DISCOs give meters, the more revenue they would generate, and that DISCOS would be able to determine the exact number of customers they have from the meters issued.

He said the Multi-Year-Tariff-Order 2 of the Nigeria Electricity Power Sector Reform Act, 2005, provided money to DISCOs for losses incurred in the metering of customers.

The NERC chairman gave assurance that the commission would fix a date to determine the timeline DISCOs would be given to ensure the provision of meters to all their customers.

Amadi said previously, 18 months was given to the PHCN to meter all their customers, but PHCN could not complete the exercise.

Earlier, Mr Robert Yates, who spoke on behalf of the DISCOs, said metering of all the customers would result in additional expenditure on the DISCOs.

Yates called on the NERC to give the DISCOs a reasonable timeline to meter all their customers as it would be difficult to achieve full customers metering upon the takeover. (NAN)
 
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