Nigerians will henceforth pay for only the power
they consume as the new electricity tariff released by the Nigerian Electricity
Regulatory Commission (NERC) has removed fixed electricity charges that has
constantly caused discrepancies in the billing system of meters in most
Nigerian homes.
This recent development is contained in a statement released by Sam Amadi,
chairman of NERC today December 21.
“Although, the new tariff regimes comes with an increase in
energy charges, all electricity consumers (residential as well as commercial)
will no longer pay fixed charges, so their total bills will depend on the
electricity they actually consume and may be reduced when they conserve
electricity. This is in line with NERC’s mandate to be fair in all its
regulatory interventions. Consumers will no longer be spending money every
month to pay for fixed charges even when they do not receive electricity in
their homes and business. The objective of the new tariff is to enable prudent
consumers to save money on electricity bill as they can now control their
consumption and not pay monthly fixed charges. For instance, residential
customer classification (R2) in Abuja Electricity Distribution Company will no
longer pay N702.00 fixed charge every month. Their energy charge will increase
by N9.60. Also, residential customers (R2 customers) in Eko and Ikeja
electricity distribution areas will no longer pay N750. 00 fixed charges. They
will be getting N10 and N8 increase respectively in their energy charges.
Similarly, the burden of N800.00 and N750.00 fixed charges would be lifted off
the shoulders of Kaduna and Benin electricity consumers. These consumers will
see an increase of N11.05 and N9.26 respectively in their energy charges. The new
tariff is also good news for commercial consumers For example, commercial
customers’ classification C2 in Ibadan and Enugu will no longer pay fixed
charges of N17, 010. 00 and N22, 141. 00. Their energy charge will increase by
N12.08 and N13.35 respectively. In line with the transparent disposition to its
operations full details of the new tariff regime would be advertised in major
national dailies and commission website within the next 24 hours.”the statement
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