New Electricity Tariff Takes Off, Sept 1

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to increase their tariff with effect from September 1, 2021.
The highly revered body said the directive to increase tariff was contained in a document it obtained.
It said the document, obtained over the weekend, had it that the NERC has given the energy distributors the leverage to charge a service-based tariff.
This was contained in a letter, titled: “Tariff Increase Notification.”
The document, with reference number, “023/EKEDP/GMCLR/0025/2021,” dated August 25, 2021, showed that Eko Electricity Distribution Company officially informed its customers on the decision of upward tariff adjustment effective from September 1, 2021.
The energy distributor informed its customers that “the increase will be reflected on the energy bill for October, 2021, which will represent energy consumption for September, 2021”.
Informing its metered customers on the development, the company said, “For metered customers with internal vending arrangements, we urge you to adjust the rates accordingly to reflect the new tariff increase as released by NERC.”
The commission’s spokesman, Dr. Usman Arabi, neither received the calls nor replied the text message of inquiry.
Besides, the General Manager, Corporate Services of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, Oyebode Fadipe, did not receive calls for inquiry.
Fadipe did not also respond to the text message as at the time of filing this report.