Eko Disco lauds NERC over electricity tariff hike
(Nigeria) Even as Nigerians expressed worry over Nigerian
Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, electricity tariff hike, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKDC, on
Thursday commended NERC on the new tariff regime.
Mr Godwin Idemudia, the Corporate Communications Manager in
EKDC, gave the commendation in an interview in Lagos, while reacting to the
removal of fixed charges under the new tariff regime introduced recently by the
NERC, said, that the removal of fixed charges by government was a welcome
development which will benefit the customers a great deal.
Idemudia said that his company would now redouble its
efforts on its metering project.
He said that the company had the least charges among the
operators going by what NERC had just released.
``What it means now is that we are going to pursue
vigorously our metering rollout plans to meet the yearnings of customers. But
for those who cannot wait for the rollout plan to get to them, they can key
into our Credited Advanced Payment Metering Implementation, CAPMI, programme to
avoid estimated bills which do not favour the company nor the customers.”
Idemudia said that his company’s recent arrangement with
Egbin for supply of 100 mega watts was still in place.
``Customers within Lekki, Ajah, Ibeju and environs will
benefit greatly from this special plan. `This is energy that will come directly
to us without passing through the national grid. In this special arrangement,
the customers will pay slightly more than regular customers.
``The good news is that it would be stable almost at all
times,” Idemudia explained.
He said that the company had put in place special fault
clearing teams to respond to faults during the Christmas and New Year period
for faults to be attended to within a very short time of distress calls.
``Our equipment have been serviced to take any amount of
energy that may be wheeled to us by the generation companies via transmission. We
appeal to them to pay their bills regularly and also make use of our customer
care helplines whenever they need our services.
NERC, on December 21, outlined various rates of increase in
energy charges for consumers across the country.
It announced the removal of fixed charges for all classes of
electricity consumers so that power users would only pay for what they
consumed.
Fixed charge is that component of the tariff that commits
electricity consumers to paying an approved amount of money not minding whether
electricity is consumed during the billing period.
Under the new arrangement, residential customer
classification (R2) in Abuja Electricity Distribution Company will no longer
pay N702 fixed charge every month.
Their energy charge will, however, increase by N9.60.
Also, residential customers (R2 customers) in Eko and Ikeja
Electricity Distribution zones will no longer pay the N750 fixed charge.
They will, however, be paying additional N10 and N8,
respectively, in their energy charges.
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