{"id":47091,"date":"2016-03-02T20:30:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T19:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=47091"},"modified":"2016-03-02T20:30:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T19:30:55","slug":"darkness-looms-nigerias-electricity-drops-2800mw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/darkness-looms-nigerias-electricity-drops-2800mw\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkness Looms As Nigeria&#8217;s Electricity Drops To 2,800mw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that power<br \/>\nsupply through the national grid which peaked to 5000mw in past two weeks<br \/>\nhad dropped below 2,800mw due to vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Akah, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the commission<br \/>\ndisclosed this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the<br \/>\nConsumer Protection Council (CPC).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on the ceremony by Usman Abba-Arabi, Head, Public<br \/>\nAffairs Department of NERC, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_995380292\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>, Mr. Akah expressed<br \/>\ndissatisfaction and worries over the spate of vandalism in the power<br \/>\nsector.<\/p>\n<p>It stated that the NERC boss enjoined the public and the CPC to<br \/>\ncollaborate with Distribution Companies (DISCOs) and security agencies to<br \/>\nsafeguard electrical installations.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also said that the NERC would soon compel the DISCOs to<br \/>\npublish their meter deployment schedules.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the publication would ensure adherence to the meter roll out<br \/>\nplan contained in the performance agreement signed with government by the<br \/>\nutility firms.<\/p>\n<p>\u9244uch publication will make unmetered customers to be aware of the<br \/>\nestimated period they have to wait before they can be metered,\u92f3 it<br \/>\nstated.<\/p>\n<p>The statement stated that NERC had issued warning to the DISCOs against<br \/>\nwrongful estimated billings and acts of compelling customers to buy,<br \/>\ninstall and repair transformers and poles.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said the MoU between, NERC and CPC was part of concerted<br \/>\nefforts to reduce the incidence of estimated billing completely.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the Director General of CPC, Mrs. Modupe<br \/>\nAtoki, commended NERC for the long standing relationship between the two<br \/>\nagencies.<\/p>\n<p>Atoki, according to the statement, expressed CPC\u75f4 cooperation and renewed<br \/>\neffort to protect electricity consumers from abuse of their rights.<\/p>\n<p>(NAN)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that power supply through the national grid which peaked to 5000mw in past two weeks had dropped below 2,800mw due to vandalism.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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