Prepaid Meters: Indigenous producers record 79% under-performance in phase zero of NMMP
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…Consumers groan under estimated bills; NERC remains optimistic
By Udeme Akpan & Obas Esiedesa
THERE are indications that the April 2021 target of providing one million prepaid meters to consumers under the phase zero of National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP, would not be met as indigenous producers have recorded 79 per cent under-performance.
The indigenous producers and others were expected to provide the one million meters under the NMMP as a strategy to increase domestic manufacturing capacity, additional jobs creation and conservation of scarce foreign exchange. But as at April 16, 2021, the producers were only able to supply 210,000 prepaid, indicating 21 per cent performance, to the various Electricity Distribution Companies; DisCos in the nation, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.
Annual energy audits a must for Discoms, says Power Ministry
April 19, 2021
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The Ministry of Power has made energy audits an annual requirement for electricity distribution companies in a regulation notified on Thursday.
“Every electricity distribution company shall conduct energy audit (accounting) for every financial year within a period of three months from the expiry of relevant financial year. There shall not be a gap of more than twelve months between two energy audits (accounting),” according to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Manner and Intervals for Conduct of Energy Audit (Accounting) in Electricity Distribution Companies) Regulations, 2021.
The Discoms were earlier mandated to conduct an external audit once every three years.
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