By Saheed Tarfa |
Over 3 million households have been metered as at August 2017, according to The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) . It said 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in the country have metered over three million electricity customers in the country.
NERC, which made the disclosure in its September Metering Initiative and Statistics Report for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), also revealed that there was a metering gap of over 4 million customers by the DISCOs in the month under review.
The report, published on NERC’s website and obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, further indicated that total number of customers of the Discos as at August stood at over 7 million.
It further showed that the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), with highest number of customers, records the highest metering gap of 864,760, while Eko Distribution Company has 173,643, the lowest in the period under review.
The report indicated that part of the mandate for the privatization of the Discos was the rolling out of metering to the consumers.
According to the report, 100 per cent metering of consumers will result into revenue protection and loss reduction. It said that provision of meters would provide safeguards from unfair billing practices for customers.