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NERC Sanctions Eleven (11) DisCos Over Non-Compliance with Capping of Estimated Bills for Unmetered Customers

PRESS RELEASE- 08 FEBRUARY, 2024

NERC Sanctions Eleven (11) DisCos Over Non-Compliance with Capping of Estimated Bills for Unmetered Customers

The public may recall that in 2020, the Commission issued the Order on Capping of Estimated Bills (Order No: NERC/197/2020) and subsequently issued monthly energy caps which aimed to align the estimated bils for unmetered customers with the measured consumption of metered customers on the same supply feeder. A review of the Electricity Distribution Companies ("DisCos" billing of unmetered customers for 2023 has revealed non-compliance with the monthly energy caps issued by the Commission.

In response to this and in a bid to safeguard unmetered customers from arbitrary billing by DisCos, the Commission, pursuant to Section 34(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 2023 ("EA 2023", has issued the Order on Non-Compliance with Capping of Estimated Bills (Order No: NERC/2024/004-014) which stipulates the following:

i. Credit Adjustment to Customers: DisCos are to issue credit adjustments to all overbilled unmetered customers for the period January to September 2023 by the March 2024 billing cycle.

ii. Public Notice: DisCos have been directed to publish the list of credit adjustment beneficiaries in two national dailies and on their website no later than 31* March 2024.

iii. Regulatory Sanctions: The Commission shall deduct a sum of 10,505,286,072 from the annual allowed revenues of the eleven (11) DisCos during the next tariff review, to deter future non-compliance with the energy caps approved by the Commission.

The Commission reaffirms its commitment to regulatory compliance and consumer protection within the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry.

Signed

Management

It is my conviction that estimated Billing is nothing but a bare-faced, government sanctioned extortion scheme

It is crime against the hapless and helpless masses that must be criminalised.

Consumer Protection bodies must ensure that this sanction is not audio but must be seen to be effected and reflected in the March bill.

#EndEstimatedBillingNow

Na we go still pay the fine via unmetered means.

fergie001:
Na we go still pay the fine via unmetered means.

asin

Bh

good one

fergie001:
NERC Sanctions Eleven (11) DisCos Over Non-Compliance with Capping of Estimated Bills for Unmetered Customers

Please tell me Ikeja Electric (IE) is among them. They should pay N5bn out of it!

Good one

It's the same unmetered customers that'll still pay that fine yeye country

This people are funny o, you fined them 10 billion for over billing unmetered customers, why not fine them to make refunds to the customers or convert it to energy units for them.

omoadeleye:
Bh

Do you mean Boko Haram

By the way, until NERC shares the ₦10.5 billion to those who suffered the injustice, they're bigger thieves than the discos. Credit adjustment only is what makes sense here.

fergie001:
Na we go still pay the fine via unmetered means.

say you non say we, me and my family don dey on solar since 3years ago.... So non count we una predicament

So what will be the gain of the unmetered customers that they disco extort or is Nerc just trying to profit from the pain of the customers


Use the fine to get meters for all the customers that extorted

a country that doesn't have light how will it prosper in darkness

The 10.5bn tem go still use overbilling collect am from customers hand give govt.

Nigeria is not a real place.

In a sane country, meter should be given to customers free of charge while customers only buy units.

Ok

Estimated billings is crime against humanity

Audio fine

Area marketers need to be arrested

Finally nothing go happen.

Thankfully receipted.

In a country like this, renewable energy is the only way forward for households.

Pootle:
good one

That's the way to go. Kudos to NERC.

Nigeria masses have really been exploited massively due to their docility.

No where in the world they bill you for services not rendered or half rendered cos that is what estimated billing is all about.

Wake up Nigerians !

EEDC the kind fight we go fight for this January bill payments their mind no go touch ground

For the whole of January we no see light 6 times and the 6times the light won't last for 1hr , now they have mind to bring bill

Very wicked people if I was using prepaid meter I don't think I will finish 10units in the month of January

fergie001:
NERC Sanctions Eleven (11) DisCos Over Non-Compliance with Capping of Estimated Bills for Unmetered Customers

Eko electricity distribution company should be on the sanctioned list.

Those guys give up to 500,000 naira estimated bill to one apartment in a month in Lekki. They refuse to supply prepaid meter and then send exorbitant estimated bills. Telling them that estimated billing is supposed to be capped is like talking to a deaf.

Criminally minded idiots.

It's now that they are waking up to the heist perpetrated by this discos, especially eko distribution and EDDC. Those ones(EDDC) are specialists in fleecing customers anyhow.

Better

Funny country

Proconcepts11:
asin

wait for tax increment