PHED Begins Implementation Of Revised Electricity Tariff

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Plc (PHED) says the implementation of the revised service based tariff as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC) has begun.
The new Manager, Corporate Communication, Mrs Chioma Aninwe, made this known in a chat with newsmen, recently.
She stated that the revised service based tariff was a fallout from a consultative review meeting held between the Federal Government, labour and other stakeholders, following concerns raised by customers on the basis of the MYTO  2020 SRT tariffs, which were earlier implemented on September 1, 2020 but suspended on September 28, 2020.
Aninwe explained that under the revised Service Reflective Tariff (SRT), which came into effect on November 1, 2020, the tariff classification is based strictly on service parameters which are: quality of service measured by the average availability of power supply over a month, interruptions, frequency and duration, voltage levels but not limited to infrastructural investments.
She said, “in consonance with the revised Service Reflective Tariff (SRT), customers’ tariff still maintain the earlier categorized structure of five bands based on hours of availability of power supply. With the revised tariff regime, customers in Band A category on a minimum of 20 hours  power supply per day are expected to pay N53.02/Kwh, while those on the Band B category on a  minimum availability of 16 hours power supply daily will now pay 52.70/Kwh.
“Furthermore, customers in  Band C category on a minimum availability of 12 hours of power supply daily will pay 45.15/Kwh. The service based tariff for customers in Bands D and E categories remain frozen on the old tariff structure with a minimum of eight and four hours supply per day, respectively”.
The PHED corporate communication manager further explained that in the new SRT, Pre-paid customers in Bands A-C would now be charged on the new tariff, while Post-paid customers’ bill from November billing cycle would reflect the new tariff according to their band categories.
Aninwe appealed to consumers for their cooperation and support towards the implementation of the revised tariff by promptly paying their electricity bills for the mutual benefits of all stakeholders in the electricity industry.
She assured of PHED’s commitment to consistently improve the quality of service to its consumers in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers States.

By: Tonye Nria-Dappa