The Nigeria Electric Power Regulatory Commission (NERC) fined eight power distribution companies for failing to comply with the estimated billing limits of unauthorized unlimited customers, totaling eight power distribution companies.
Approved companies include Abuja, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano and Yola Electric Power Distribution Corporation.
The regulatory action announced in a statement released Thursday, April 10, after which it reviewed billing practices from July to September 2024 in detail. The affected disco halls are not complying with the monthly energy cap set by the committee, which aims to protect unlimited consumers from excessive charges, according to the NERC.
The fines account for 5% of the total amount filled in the third quarter of 2024. NERC also ordered the defaulting distribution companies to issue credit adjustments to all affected customers by May 15, 2025, with the end of the April billing cycle.
NERC reiterates its commitment to enforce regulatory compliance and ensure protection for electricity consumers across the country. The committee recalls that it issued a cap on estimated bill orders in 2020 (NO:NERC/197/2020 orders) that introduced the monthly cap to limit estimated bills for customers based on average consumption of measurement customers on the same supplier.
The committee reiterated that arbitrary billing practices would be intolerable and that it would continue to monitor the disco balls to comply with its regulations.
