NERC Directs Discos To Provide Free Replacement For Old Meters
The Nigerian Power Administrative Commission (NERC) has coordinated dissemination organizations (DisCos) to swap old meters for their clients at no expense.
This command was framed in an explanation delivered by the administrative body’s administration on Monday.
The order follows ongoing reports of some power organizations expecting clients to supplant Unistar prepaid meters.
NERC underlined that the expense of meter substitution falls exclusively on the dissemination organizations and repeated that no client ought to be exposed to assessed charging.
What NERC is talking about
“The Nigerian Power Administrative Commission knows that some Dissemination Organizations (DisCos) have educated clients to apply and pay for the substitution of broken and outdated meters inside their establishment regions.
“This guidance negates the Commission’s Structure No. NERC/246/2021 on the Organized Substitution of Defective and Outdated end-use Client Meters in the Nigerian Power Supply Industry. The Request plainly expresses that no client with a meter ought to be powerfully relocated to assessed charging.
“Assuming any client’s meter is pronounced by any DisCo to be old or defective, it is the obligation of the DisCo to supplant the meter for nothing, given that the shortcoming was not brought about by the client,” NERC said.
Origin story
Nairametrics recently revealed that the Government Rivalry and Buyer Insurance Commission (FCCPC) coordinated Ikeja Power Conveyance Organization (IKEDC) and Eko Power Appropriation Organization (EKEDP) to quickly stop the substitution of Unistar prepaid meters because of their rebelliousness with orders from the Nigerian Power Administrative Commission (NERC).
The FCCPC additionally exhorted power circulation organizations (DisCos) to draw in with energy shoppers prior to setting them in levy groups and with rigorously comply to industry guidelines while charging unmetered clients.
The order was given by FCCPC’s Leader Bad habit Director and CEO, Mr. Tunji Bello, during a partners’ gathering at the FCCPC central command in Abuja.
“The FCCPC’s mandate to stop the substitution cycle originates from the DisCos’ resistance with NERC’s Organization on Organized Substitution of Flawed and Old End Client Meters in the Nigerian Power Supply Industry. Both NERC and NEMSA have embraced the FCCPC’s position on this issue,” the assertion peruses.
“Refering to resistance with NERC’s structure, FCCPC coordinated Ikeja Power Conveyance Organization (IKEDC) and Eko Power Dispersion Organization (EKEDP) to quickly stop their substitution of Unistar prepaid meters,” Bello said.
Customers were likewise encouraged to report any endeavors by Ikeja or Eko DisCos to dismiss the mandate by reaching FCCPC’s committed power helpline at 08119877785.
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