Workers in the nation’s power sector, under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees, yesterday threatened to shut down the power sector in the next 24 hour if the Ministry of Power and other employers in the sector failed to provide adequate precautionary measures to protect staff.

In a letter to the Power Minister, General Secretary of NUEE, Joe Ajaero, said the Minister would be held responsible for the transmission of COVID-19 to any staff in Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, especially its headquarters for his failure to comply with the Federal Government’s directive on people that travelled to countries with high cases of infection to self-isolate

The letter read in part “Our attention has been drawn to the return of the Minister of Power – Mr. Sule Mamah from his trip to Germany and Egypt while on the entourage of the Chief of Staff to the President. The Minister despite the President’s directive to self-isolate; reported at the office in the midst of agitation and complains from the staff at TCN Head Quarters, Abuja. If not for the intervention of the Union, there would have been pandemonium at the office, on Monday, March 23, 2020.

“In view of recent developments, the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, wishes to state unequivocally that the Minister of Power – Sule Mamman will be held responsible for the transmission of COVID-19 to any staff in TCN especially its Headquarters for his failure to comply with the Federal Government’s directive on people that travelled to Countries with high cases of infection to self isolate.

“Besides, NUEE wishes to warn employers in the Power Sector especially those whose staff constantly have an interface with Customers/Public, that should they fail to, within twenty-four (24) hours take adequate precautionary measures to protect staff, we will be forced to pull out our members and will not be held responsible for any consequence arising there from. Employers of Labour in the Power Sector are hereby urged to take necessary measures to ensure the safety of staff in the Power Sector.”

Source: Vanguard

NEW MAXIMUM BILL FOR ELECTRICITY USERS WITHOUT METERS IN NIGERIA.

The regulator of Nigeria’s electricity industry is the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). It regulates every market participants including Generation Companies, Transmission Company, Distribution Companies /Retailers and ancillary services providers. Having frowned at the growing number of unmetered electricity users, who are forced to pay monthly estimated bills, have made an order protecting such users from estimated bills in any part of Nigeria.

First of all, the recent Order issued by NERC applies and affects all the Distribution Companies in Nigeria. The distribution companies are;
Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC),
Benin Electricity Distribution Plc (BEDC), Eko Electricity Distribution Plc (EKEDC), Enugu Electricity Distribution Plc (EEDC), Ibadan Electricity Distribution Plc (IBEDC), Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC), Jos Electricity Distribution Plc (JEDC), Kaduna Electricity Distribution Plc (KNEDC), Kano Electricity Distribution Plc (KEDC), Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Plc (PHEDC) and Yola Electricity Distribution Company Plc (YEDC).

By “ORDER ON THE CAPPING OF ESTIMATED BILLS IN THE NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY, 2020” issued by NERC, signed on 20 February 2020, no person in Nigeria is allowed to pay estimated electricity bill as from 20 February 2020. Estimated billing system has been repealed and abolished in Nigeria. The said Order clearly repealed NERC’s (Methodology for Estimated Billing) Regulations 2012.

The recent order of NERC, mandates DISCOs to identify and meter all electricity users before 30 April 2020. It also set the maximum fee that any unmetered user can be charged in any part of Nigeria, monthly. And, any user that already pays electricity bill that is lower than the maximum rate stated by NERC is also allowed to continue paying such low bill. By the said recent order of NERC, the maximum monthly electricity bill any unmetered user in Nigeria can pay is #200.00 for Residential Customers of Class 1 (lifeline, R1). The Order states varying rates maximum bills depending on location for Residential Customers of Class 2 (R2- single or 3 phase).

My authority is NERC’s ORDER ON THE CAPPING OF ESTIMATED BILLS IN THE NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY, 2020. A copy can be downloaded above cited authority can be downloaded via the link below.

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