FG Moves To Sanitise Metering System

The administrator of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Mr Imamuddeen Talba, has said that the federal government was working currently to sanitise the country’s metering system.

Talba said this had become imperative for the promotion of efficiency in energy measurement in the country.

Talba made the announcement in Lagos on Sunday at a stockholders’ forum, organised by the Metering Committee of the NERC.

The administrator who was represented by the Deputy General Manager, Government and Consumer Affairs of the NERC, Mr Anthony Akah, explained that the purpose of metering sanity was to ensure optimum customer satisfaction.

It was also aimed at ensuring maximum revenue generation and collection in the Nigerian electricity industry.

He said the committee was aware that a major task in the electricity industry in the country was market development.

According to him,the committee has resolved that its activities will bring about encouraging private sector investment.

It will also bring about participation in the industry, encouraging efficient implementation of various metering technologies, including Pre-payment Metering (PPM) and developments that will improve efficiency in the industry and impact positively on the public.

At the forum, the committee also presented the Metering Code to the stakeholders in the electricity sector.

Imamuddeen said the major objectives of the Metering Code was to ensure accurate measurement; recording and data management of electric energy utilisation and make adequate provisions for communication infrastructure for the metering system.

According to him, the other objectives of the metering code include,“to specify technical standards for compliance by licensees and accredited Meter Test Laboratories, and to establish regulatory definitions, processes and procedures for electricity metering in Nigeria’’.