The Nigerian Electricity
Regulatory Commission (NERC) says electricity customers will be allowed to get
prepaid meters and pay later.
Speaking at a press conference in
Lagos on Thursday, Nathan Shatti, NERC’s commissioner for finance and
management services, said customers will start enjoying the privilege from
August.
He said customers can either pay
upfront or in instalments within a period of one to 10 years.
According to NERC, the one-phase
prepaid meter will be available for N36, 992 and three-phase for N67,055.
Shatti said the commission
approved a total of 42 meter service providers in April under the meter asset
providers (MAPs) scheme.
The regulator had issued permits
to the firms to begin the rollout of new meters by May 1.
“Although the installations did not
commence immediately across the country as anticipated, due to the need to
finalise some documentations and also mobilise the supply of meters,” he said.
“I am happy to report that the
installations of meters have now commenced across various DisCo franchise
areas.
“Currently, we have asked or
encouraged the MAPs to concentrate on the upfront payment for obvious reasons.
The payment by instalment is scheduled to commence on August 1, 2019.”
Shatti said repayment for the
cost of the meter services will be done monthly through metering service charge
while vending.
“Discos have the responsibility
to make the areas for meter deployment ready in line with MAP regulation and
the planned roll-out,” he said.
“MAPs will then determine the
type of meter the customer needs and the customer will decide how long (the
period) he/she plans to pay for the metering services.
“After confirming the type of
meter and period of repayment, the MAP will install meters across the whole
area in an organised and systematic manner – no exception, all customers
without meters in those areas must be metered by the MAP).”
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