The Federal Government issued a policy directive that requires the mandatory transition of certain classes of end-use customers of DisCos from direct cash settlement of bills to cashless settlement platforms in order to reduce collection leakages/losses and improve overall revenue assurance in NESI. The Commission notes that this policy directive complies with EPSRA and the […]
+ Read MoreThe 2022 Market Competition Report of the Nigerian Electricity Market has been finalized. Click here to view.
+ Read MoreThe Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), collaborating with the Nigeria National Accreditation System (NiNAS), has held a training on competence requirements testing and calibration laboratories ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The three-day meeting held at the NERC headquarters had the theme: Understanding the application of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in testing laboratories in electricity generation and distribution value chain. […]
+ Read MoreIN THE MATTER OF A PETITION AGAINST THE GRANT OF AN INDEPENDENT ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK LICENCE TO ASABA DISTRIBUTION LIMITED BY BENIN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC TAKE NOTICE that the hearing scheduled for 19 January 2021 to consider the petition filed by Benin Electricity Distribution Plc (BEDC) against Asaba Distribution Limited (ADL) application for an independent […]
+ Read MoreBEFORE THE NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION AGAINST THE GRANT OF AN INDEPENDENT ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK LICENCE TO ASABA DISTRIBUTION LIMITED BY BENIN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC PREAMBLE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to section 70 (2) of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act ( EPSRA ), clause 11 of the NERC Application for […]
+ Read More05.01.2021 The attention of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has been drawn to publications in the print and electronic media misinforming electricity consumers that the Commission has approved a 50% increase in electricity tariffs. The Commission hereby state unequivocally that NO approval has been granted for a 50% tariff increase in the Tariff […]
+ Read MoreON THE REPORTED NON-PAYMENT TO THE RURAL�ELECTRIFICATION AGENCY AND AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR�THE RENOVATION OF THE HEAD OFFICE BUILDING The attention of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has been drawn to publications in the media relating to an interactive session with our organisation at the National Assembly on the 2021 budget. The Commission hereby […]
+ Read More26.08.2020 In response to media reports that there is an increase in tariffs for Nigerians, NERC�wishes to clarify that tariff reviews going forward will only follow service-based�principles. Under these service-based principles DISCOs will only be able to review�tariff rates for customers when they consult with customers, commit to increasing the�number of hours of supply per […]
+ Read MoreThe Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on May 7, 2020, approved the reappointment of a twelve (12) member Dispute Resolution Panel for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry. The appointment of the members is in line with Section 42.1.3 of the Market Rules, which empowers the Commission to constitute the Panel and Section 42.3.8(c) of the […]
+ Read More� The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) constituted the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry Situation Room to forestall prolonged electricity supply interruption by the industry operators for the period of lockdown declared by the Federal Government to curb the spread of COVID-19.�� The Situation Room adopted a three-prong approach of surveillance of NESI during this period- […]
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