Nigerians to pay for only the power they
consume as NERC releases new electriity
tariff



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 21st.
“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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