The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the electricity distribution companies to move customers from the Band A category if they do not have enough capacity for supply.
Commissioner Licensing and Legal for NERC, Dafe Apkeneye revealed this on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Friday.
According to him, if the discos cannot meet the promised 20 hours to Band A customers, the customers are to immediately be moved to the level for which the discos can meet supply.
He said, “If Discos can’t supply such customers, the discos have to downgrade such customers to what they can provide.
“The distribution companies can only distribute what is available on the grid. So when there is no supply to the grid, the discos can’t meet those supply commitments. But the grid crisis has been resolved and we hope supply can improve, and when they can’t, the discos have to downgrade such customers,” he said.
With regards to NERC transferring regulatory oversight to states of the federation, Apkeneye said the states had been empowered by the Nigerian constitution to generate, transmit and distribute power.
