Head, Public Affairs Department at the Nigerian
Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Usman
Abba Arabi, said that this is following successful
repair work on the damaged gas facility earlier in the
week.
“It would be recalled that the peak generation level
that notched epoch 5,070 megawatts few weeks ago
suddenly nosedived due to inadequate gas supply on
the main gas pipeline supplying many of the power
stations.
“This was on account of gas supply shortage due to
inability to evacuate condensates and oil produced
with the gas because the main oil export pipeline out
of Forcados was vandalized two weeks ago.
“However, with the successful repair work on the
damaged facility, the system is now ramping up as it
attains 4,387 megawatts peak generation as at
Friday, March 4, 2016,” he said.
The acting Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian
Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr.
Anthony Akah, has subsequently appealed to
members of the public to cooperate with electricity
industry operators and security agencies to stem the
recent incident of vandalism on electricity
installation.
He also warned the electricity distribution companies
that the momentary downturn in supply should not be
used to exploit unmetered electricity customers on
estimated billing saying, “Customer bills for
unmetered customers should be as accurate as
possible and reflect their actual consumption. It shall
in no circumstance be arbitrarily inflated.”
According to him, “The reduction in power supply
when it lasted affects both metered and unmetered
customers. For metered customers the drop in their
consumption will be captured by their meter. For
unmetered customers it is imperative that estimated
bills during this period are reflective of their actual
consumption.”
He further directed electricity distribution companies
that unmetered and estimated customers have the
right and option to pay current estimated electricity
billing based on their last undisputed bill where there
are concerns with the current estimated electricity
bills.
He said that electricity distribution companies should
ensure diligence and professionalism in the
estimation of unmetered customers based on the
provisions of the Billing Estimation Methodology
Regulations, 2012.
He hinted that the Commission has deployed
monitoring teams to report any act of negligence and
extortion.
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