The Nigerian Power Consumers Forum (NPCF) has condemned the spate of disturbances on the national electricity grid and the recent fire incidents around power transmission infrastructure. In a statement, NPCF’s Convener, Michael Okoh, raised the concern in Abuja on Thursday. This was coming a few days after the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) stated that for over 400 days, the …

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said exploring renewable sources like solar, hydro, and wind, will not only reduce carbon emissions but also spur economic growth and job creation. A statement made available to newsmen on Thursday said he disclosed this at the ongoing Nigeria Energy Exhibition and Conference in Lagos. The conference, which was organised by Informa Markets …

Nigeria has again been thrown into darkness after the national grid system, operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo in Osun State, collapsed. The grid reportedly plummeted to a meagre 273 megawatts of electricity in the early hour of Thursday coming from two out of the over 27 electricity generation. This comes barely a week after TCN rolled …

The Federal Government unveiled an application called the Power Outage Reporting System, which enables consumers to report electricity disruptions to distribution companies under monitoring by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), on Monday. It unveiled the applications at the Abuja headquarters of NERC, using the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) as a test-run DisCo. The NERC Chairman, Sanusi Garba, said …

Drivers have a critical role to play in organisational performance, especially in service sectors like electricity supply, according to a leading power executive in the country. At the commissioning of 25 new mini buses procured from Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company in Nnewi, Anambra State, on Monday, the Managing Director of Aba Power Distribution Company, Patrick Umeh told a gathering of …

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), on Thursday, reassured its customers of its readiness to begin a mass metering initiative for prepaid meters across its service network. The Chief Executive Officer of EKEDC, Tinuade Sanda, who gave the assurance during a customer engagement forum in Lagos on Thursday, said the company was ready to install over 50,000 prepaid meters before …

The Federal Government, on Sunday, said the electricity meter upgrade process to be implemented by power distribution companies would not affect the credit units balance in the meters. This was disclosed in a statement in Abuja by the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), stressing that NEMSA would ensure that all electricity meters and instruments deployed in the sector were …

The Chief Executive Officer of Ikeja Electric Distribution Company, Mr. Folake Soetan has said that Nigeria’s solar energy potential is estimated at around 6,500 Terawatt hours (TWh), per year, and it is currently higher than the country’s current electricity output at an average of 3,570 megawatts per day. She added that Nigeria’s wind potential, approximately 76 gigawatts, shows that there …

Residents of no fewer than seven communities in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State are groaning over incessant power blackout which has affected the area for more than 18 months. The affected communities included Oke-Oyi, the headquarters of Ilorin East local council, Agbeyangi, Oke-Ose, Panada, Badi, Adelu and Oloro in the council area. According to the chairman of …

Electricity consumers nationwide are faced with the possible dilemma and risk of not being able to energise their pre-paid meters after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) alerted on software expiration by November 2024. Though NERC said the pre-paid meters software would crash next year, some Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, have warned customers that they may not be able to …