The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has given tips on how electricity consumers can reduce their consumption and expenditure on energy.
NERC on its Facebook page said most people unconsciously paid more for electricity due to their domestic habits.
The agency advised that when pressing clothes, the iron should always be set to the right temperature to conserve energy.
It also stated that clothes should be pressed in bulk instead of pressing them in bits.
The agency further said it is economical to press clothes “at period of low electricity consumption.”
Periods of low electricity consumption include times when most people are away at work.
NERC also warned against putting hot food in freezer as this could lead to paying more for electricity
It would be recalled that adverts by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria had urged consumers to switch off electrical appliances when not in use. This has been said to help conserve energy and prevent power surges that could lead to fire outbreaks.
Many electricity consumers have decried paying more for electricity in recent times.
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Your advice would have made sense in a situation where we have constant power supply. In Nigeria, we take advantage of whatever time power is restored even up to the point of doing our laundry in the death of night. The most annoying part is the issue of estimated bill regardless of your consunmption when it is PHCN's fault for not having meter. Keep your advice NERC and do the needful.
ReplyDeleteI don't iron cloth in my office and my bill went up from six hundred naira per month to four thousand . Me think PHCN is trying to give birth to Nigerian revolution
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of senseless advises are these. All these could only be applicable in places where there is adequate supply of electricity and not in Nigeria.My own personal advice to NERC is that they better review the power prices soonest or else revolution might start from here.Why on earth will KVA billings be replaced with fixed charge.Let's just take for instance a company that has a lesser equipment capacity and was prevoiusly consuming 20KVA,why on earth will this same company be asked to pay the same flat rate with a company with a larger equipment capacity and consumes about 200KVa monthly,invariably the small company is definitely paying some bills of the big one. Infact this is indeed crazy and I just pray that we don't lose all our small and medium companies to this insane billings.
ReplyDeleteWhoever gave this advice must be sick. What have they put in place to reallY justify the bills they print and circulate every month? In my house, i used to leave for work by 5:30am, and return by 9:30/10pm. I don't cook in the house, i seldom watch tv even during weekends. So the cost of running a fan over night and four energy saving bulbs and shaver for a month is 9000 naira and in a year 108,000 naira (if not increased) whether the supply is regular or not. NERC you are not doing the common man and small scale business any good. If i use generator (i beta pass my neighbour -tiger generator) the cost of fuelling and servicing it for a month is 6500 at the current pump price, While a bigger generator of 2.2kva Elepac or Thermocool gen cost an average of 7000 per month. in either type, i enjoy uninterrupted power supply for longer hours than when supplied by PHCN. The reason why this fellow/mouth piece for NERC is saying this is that he & other NERC officials and PHCN officials are not paying this bills. If they are paying, they will know that is not right to pay for services not rendered. Throught out the streets and hamlets in nigeria, consumers are the one buying and erecting electricity poles, contribute money for purchase/repair and installation of transformers, replacement of transmission cables, fencing of transformer sites and replacement of feeder pillars! Yet, the service is neither not available or grossly inadequate. The regulatory commission should sit tight and play the role for which they were established. The metering system is very poor, all efforts to see that prepaid meters are installed in homes are stalled by giving the installation to third party companies/contractors owned by the associates and friends of the regulatory commission and PHCN. Areas they know that elites are living were quickly supplied while the communals are left at the mercy of the marketing officers and district managers of the PHCN.
ReplyDeleteNow look at the type/quality of the bills distributed last month in Surulere - Abiodun Wright to be precise. I doubt it if the bills were not printed by the district managers themselves and not by PHCN. These are part of the things the commission should look into and not wasting office hours on social websites facebooking or twittering.
There is nothing new nor spetacular in your advice. ROLL OUT THE PRE-PAID METER. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.
ReplyDeleteNERC is surely the neck of PHCN. This nerc is not in touch with the power needs of Nigerians. We dont need advice on how to manage irritating bills without power rather we need a guide on how to get the June 1st 2012 free meters and bulbs promised us by president Jonathan which he said must reach Nigerians before new phcn tariffs. I tire for all of youooo! Nerc ko body ni
ReplyDeleteAnd how do this advice address the issue of fixed charge of 520 naira monthly on pre paid meters in WARRI. A man uses about 500 naira monthly but is made to pay extra 520 naira making a total of 1200 naira per month. what is the fixed charge for?. NERC help the poor, address this exploitation!
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