Tag: Electricity

FG targets 6500 megawatts power generation in six months
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Only 53% electricity capacity is utilized in Nigeria – NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has stated that just 53% of the country’s available electricity capacity is being used. According to The Guardian, this was announced on Wednesday by the Vice Chairman and Commissioner of Market, Competition, and Rates at NERC, Musiliu O. Oseni. Oseni made the announcement during his address to attendees at the NERC’s Stakeholder Workshop on […]

AEDC refutes tariff increase reports
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AEDC refutes tariff increase reports

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has stated that, contrary to media claims, it has not raised electricity pricing. Nairametrics reported that some media outlets stated that AEDC had announced an upcoming tariff rise despite not having received NERC’s approval. The announcement also coincided with energy experts’ expectations that electricity rates will rise as a result of the controlled […]

Discos failed to remit N208bn in 2022- FG
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Discos failed to remit N208bn in 2022- FG

      The Federal Government has reported that in 2022, power distribution companies failed to remit N208.8bn to the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s Fourth Quarter 2022 Report, along with reports from the preceding quarters, indicate that the Discos failed to make full remittances during this period. The Discos refer […]

Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu
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Nigeria electricity cheapest globally – FG

The Minister of State for Power, Abubakar Aliyu, has claimed that electricity consumption in Nigeria is the cheapest in the world and is highly subsidized by the federal government. According to The Punch, the minister revealed this on Thursday in Abuja during an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Power and heads of various […]

Global giants Rockefeller, Bezos plan 10,000MW mini-grids in Nigeria
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FG disconnects power from national grid over rules violation

    The federal government announced announced on Tuesday that it had begun the process of disconnecting certain power companies from the national grid due to their violation of the Electricity Market Rules. The government did not identify the damaged power facilities but did clarify that the laws governing the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry were […]

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NASENI launches $325.8m solar cells plant project

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure’s Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Mohammad Sani Haruna, announced on Wednesday that the organization has started construction on a $325,860,690 solar cell manufacturing facility in an effort to make electricity more affordable. In the country’s energy sector, he claimed, the facility is a game changer. […]

KEDCO laments low revenue generation
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KEDCO laments low revenue generation

The Kebbi Central Area Office of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has voiced concern for collecting less than 27% of its monthly revenue target. The manager of the Kebbi Central Area Office, Ishaq Ishaq-Gwamna, made this announcement on Thursday while speaking with reporters in his Birnin Kebbi office. The journalists were there to get clarification on a variety […]

FG owes N100bn electricity bill debt - Distributors
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Power outage worsens in France over electricity workers’ strike  

The leading electric utility company, Électricité de France’s strike which started last Friday has led to low nuclear power output, worsening power outage in the country. This was disclosed by the company on Saturday, in its published data. Reuters reported that workers at the French utility EDF’s nuclear plants went on a rolling strike on […]

FG owes N100bn electricity bill debt - Distributors
Electricity

Electricity: SERAP sues Buhari over tariff hike

Oluwanifemi Ojo     The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), over “the failure to reverse the unlawful, unjust, and unreasonable increase in electricity tariff, and to probe the spending of public funds as ‘investments and bailouts’ to DisCos and GenCos since 2005.”   Attorney-General […]

GEF, UNDP fund rural electricity for agriculture with $5.91m
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GEF, UNDP fund rural electricity for agriculture with $5.91m

  The Africa Mini-grids Programme, an initiative of the Global Environment Facility, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the Rural Electrification Agency have subsidized electricity for rural agricultural activities in Nigeria, with a grant of $5.91million. According to the AMP Project Regional Manager, Mr. Nasiru Ibrahim, the fund is a four-year pilot […]

Electricity customers paid N210.17b in three months - NERC
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Electricity customers paid N210.17b in three months – NERC

Power consumers paid N210.17 billion to distribution companies in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. This was stated in its Quarterly Report for the Fourth Quarter of 2021, which was released on Thursday, noting that N210.17 billion represented 9.34 per cent of the total electricity bill paid by consumers […]