The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has insisted that electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos must not increase tariffs of customers enjoying less than 12 hours of power supply daily.
NERC Commissioner, Legal Licensing and Compliance Dafe Akpeneye, made the clarification during the regulatory agency’s online town hall meeting with customers on the new electricity tariff regime.
It would be recalled that DisCos had on September 1 announced the implementation of new Service Reflective Tariff Plan, SRT across their franchise areas. It also noted that the classes of customers had been categorised into five bands with bands D and E who were not enjoying 12 hours daily power supply not affected by the new tariff plan.
However, Akpeneye, who was responding to claims by some customers that the DisCos were not adhering to the increment terms, maintained that those below 12 hours supply daily should not experience any increment.
He also explained that the hours and bands were decided by the commission after consultations but customers were assigned to the bands by the DisCos.
