We’re No Longer Responsible for Electricity Meters, Discos Tell Consumers via thisdaylive
Electricity distribution companies in Nigeria’s power sector Sunday declared that they have been freed from the responsibility of providing meters to power consumers under their networks, adding that the newly initiated Meter Assets Provider programme of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission is now to be saddled with that task.
ANED is the trade association of the Discos, while MAP was initiated by NERC to improve meter deployment rate in the country’s electricity sector using approved third-party operators.But speaking on the development, Oduntan explained that the Discos have taken a backseat in the task, and would only support the MAP operators to do their jobs.
“But you need to understand that what we were required to do was far low compared to the nation’s metering requirement. “We are playing along and doing what we are expected to do and asked to do as Discos, but we are not the one that will now provide meters to Nigerians going forward and people should understand that,” he said.
“The more meters we have in our networks, the better for us because people will for once pay for what they consume. Studies have shown that those who waste electricity are the one who are on estimated bills,” he added. On the conditions required for electricity supply to become stable in the country, Oduntan said it was necessary for the government to allow for cost-reflective tariff in the sector, provide financial subsidies for people who may not be able to pay the right tariff, and create regulatory assets scheme for the Discos.
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