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August 22, 2019
TheFederal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission hasincreased the tariff payable by power consumers across the country.
Documentsfrom the NERC showed that beginning from next year, power consumers will haveto pay an additional sum of between eight naira and fourteen naira for everykilowatt-hour of energy provided by their respective distribution companies.
TheNERC also said the actual cost reflective tariff for each of the eleven powerdistribution companies operating in Nigeria.
TheFederal Government announced the cost reflective tariff of each of the DISCOSin separate documents for each particular distributor in a regulatoryinstrument cited as ‘The 2016-2018 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015and Minimum Remittance Order for the Year 2019’.
Thetariff increase for each DISCO varies, going by figures in the documents fromthe commission.