The Nation Newspaper TCN sends 3009MW despite band A tariff hike
Despite the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission April 2024 Supplementary Multi-Year Tariff Order that adjusted the rate of the band A customers from N68.9 per kilowatt hour to N225KWh, the Transmission Company of Nigeria sent out 3,009MW to the 11 electricity Distribution Companies on Sunday at 17:39 hour.
Yet, in term of generation of the same day the System Operator added in its “Hourly Generation by Generation Companies GenCos,” at 15:00 hour on the same day was 3,370MW from 16 companies. According to the TCN, the SO sent out 4,045.17MW to 11 DisCos on 6th April 2024 and the GenCos produced an average of 4,045MW on same day.
He explained that there was a review of the over 3,000 feeders for the band A customers to ascertain their capacity. Besides, the commission issued a press statement last week to note that “Under the revised tariff Order issued by the Commission, DisCos are under an obligation to provide customers classified under Band A service category a minimum average supply of 20hrs/day measured over a period of one week.”
Upon the announcement of the new rate, there were complaints from customers that vended credit units from the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company that although they were in lower bands, the energy distributor vended credit of N225/kw to them. ” AEDC has been fined ₦200,000,000 for failure to comply with the prescribed customer band classifications for the tariff billing.” decision follows a detailed review and customer feedback, which revealed that AEDC had applied the new tariff to all customer bands, contrary to the Order, which was designed to ensure fair billing practices.
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