Nigerians who have replaced their old energy meters with new smart prepaid meters are enjoying premium energy savings, says PPC Limited, Nigeria’s leading engineering and infrastructure development company. In a statement on Monday, the Head of Power Division at PPC, Engr Kelechi Onuigbo PhD), said the ability to pay only …
Read More »How to Identify Sub-standard Solar Components – PPC
In view of the current saturation of the Nigerian market with substandard solar panels, PPC Limited, Nigeria’s leading engineering and infrastructure development company, has highlighted ways to identify fake or substandard solar components. While commenting on the concerns that clean energy consumers were not getting value for money from their solar …
Read More »Nigerians May Pay More for Electricity Next Year
With plans to end the electricity subsidy from next year, Nigerians would have to pay more for the commodity under a new tariff arrangement to be unveiled by the Federal Government. The Federal Government reiterated the decision during a stakeholders’ engagement meeting organised by the Nigerian Electricity Commission, NERC in …
Read More »More Woes as Ikeja Electric, CONLOG Frustrate Lagos Residents, Releases Substandard Prepaid Meters
Contrary to the Federal Government motive of bridging the metering gap in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, Lagos residents have alleged Ikeja Electric and CONLOG Meter Solutions Nigeria supply substandard prepaid meters to its customers. This is coming after many struggled and lamented the difficulties in getting a prepaid meter …
Read More »Nigerians Spend N7 Trilllion Annually On Power Generation – Expert
Nigerians, and by extension, their businesses, expend about N7 trillion annually on power generation, a Renewable Energy expert, Mr Stephen Ogboko, has said. Ogboko, also the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Off Grid Tech Solutions Ltd., made this known at a virtual news conference in Lagos. He spoke on …
Read More »CBN to Distribute Four Million Free Prepaid Meters Soon – FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday said the distribution of the four million free electricity prepaid meters pledged by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would soon begin across the country. The Minister of Power, Mamman Saleh, said this while answering questions from State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive …
Read More »Nigeria Loses N470 Billion to Gas Flaring
Nigeria lost N470 billion ($1.24 billion) to gas flaring in 2020, data released by the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has revealed. The agency disclosed that the amount was lost from the flaring of 354 billion cubic feet (BCF) of gas by oil and gas companies operating …
Read More »78% Nigerian Power Consumers Get Less than 12-hour Daily Electricity Supply
A total of 74 per cent of power users in Nigeria are dissatisfied with the supply of electricity across the country, the World Bank has said. It also stated that while 93 per cent of metered power users paid their bills regularly, 78 per cent of electricity consumers in Nigeria …
Read More »FG Subsidises Electricity by N50bn Monthly – Minister
The Federal Government has been subsidising electricity supply across the country to the tune of over N50bn monthly, the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has said. He said the subsidy spendings were because the government was worried by the incessant complaints by ordinary Nigerians over the unavoidable and periodic increase …
Read More »NERC Debunks Claims on Electricity Tariff Hike
The management of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said there is no 50 per cent increase in electricity tariff. This was made known by Mr Micheal Faloseyi, NERC’s Head of Public Affairs, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Faloseyi spoke against the backdrop in some quarters that …
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