Aba Power, Nigeria’s newest electricity distribution company (DisCo), has since the middle of January embarked on an aggressive provision of prepaid meters to customers as part of its strategic plan to be the first power firm in Nigeria to provide all customers with prepaid meters in the next 15 months. Closing a three-day management retreat on Sunday morning at the …

Electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have kicked against the increase in prices of prepaid meters. It was reported that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), announced the increase in the price of prepaid meters on their various official X handles, with effect from 5 November. Recall that the upward review followed an earlier increase in August, which further raised …

Power distribution companies in Nigeria have announced an increase in the price for various electricity meter models, marking the second price hike in four months. Power consumers kicked against the development, describing it as “wicked”, considering the economic hardship nationwide currently. According to the Discos, the cost of a single-phase meter has risen from approximately N117,000 to as much as …

The Federal Government and the states have raised N100 billion for the procurement of prepaid electricity meters. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said this was under the Presidential Meter Initiative (PMI) programme. Adelabu disclosed this while addressing broadcasters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to him, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has been making efforts to close the meter gap …

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 …

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 …