electricity metering Archives - Businessday NG Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:17:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 188198514 Nigerians stuck with ‘crazy bills’ as metering project falters https://businessday.ng/energy/power/article/nigerians-stuck-with-crazy-bills-as-metering-project-falters/ https://businessday.ng/energy/power/article/nigerians-stuck-with-crazy-bills-as-metering-project-falters/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:30:53 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=715161 meter

The National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) introduced two and half years ago has suffered setbacks, leaving millions of electricity customers stuck with what many described as “crazy bills’ from the distribution companies (DisCos). Launched in 2020, the NMMP aims to increase Nigeria’s metering rate, eliminate arbitrary estimated billing and strengthen the local meter value chain […]

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The Federal Government has commenced the next phase of the National Mass Metering Program (NMMP) under which about four million (4m) units of meters would be procured from local meter manufacturers and distributed. Nigeria’s electricity regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said a total of over 900,000 units of meters have so far been […]

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]]> https://businessday.ng/energy/article/fg-to-deliver-4m-meters-in-phase-2-of-national-metering-programme/feed/ 0 593522 National metering programme won’t stop private investments – NERC https://businessday.ng/energy/power/article/national-metering-programme-wont-stop-private-investments-nerc/ https://businessday.ng/energy/power/article/national-metering-programme-wont-stop-private-investments-nerc/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:30:17 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=494027 Prepaid Meters

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said the Federal Government’s national mass metering programme would not halt the third-party meter providers who have raised private capital and working with distribution companies (Discos) to meter unmetered Nigerians. The Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations came into effect on April 2018 through the NERC, empowering third-party meter […]

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Nigeria’s Electricity Supply Industry requires about $900 million to meet its electricity metering gap, operators have said. At a panel session at the 2019 Future Energy Nigeria conference devoted to discussing the Meter Asset Provider regulation unveiled by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Michael Onuorah, programme manager at Mojec International, citing studies by operators, […]

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