By Femi Anamelechi The Enugu State Regulatory Commission (EERC), has issued an instruction to MainPower Electricity Distribution Company, formerly Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, to refund over 20,000 estimated customers over “wrongful billing” by the company. This was contained in a public notice issued by EERC on Monday where the Commission said that its order…
By Femi Anamelechi The South-East Zone of the Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ECAN) has accused an Aba-based legal practitioner, Larry Iroka, of playing to the gallery in guiding his client, Aba Electricity Consumers Forum, on clear and decided legal matters. The aggrieved Customers Association made this public at Awka, Anambra State, after its monthly…
By Femi Anamelechi An Abia State High Court judge has ruled that State High Courts have no jurisdiction to entertain matters under the 2023 Electricity Act; The Abia State High Court on the submissions agreed with one the erudite highly respected Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Chief Mike Ahamba, who submitted last April 29 in…
It was for a divine purpose that I met Pascal Gabriel Dozie over 30 years ago. Our first meeting was in the early 1990s when we were members of the Vision 2010 Committee, a team set up to provide a strategic direction for Nigeria to become a higher-medium income nation by 2010. Some credible sources…
By Femi Anamelechi Geometric Power has resumed regular supply of electricity to residents of ABA as Gas supply to the 188MW Geometric Power Plant has resumed three days after it was suspended due to what industry experts call a process upset and a gas leak in the associated gas gathering (AGG) facilities of a leading…
By Femi Anamelechi A gas leak and facility process upset on the Associated Gas Gathering (AGG) facilities around the Rivers State capital axis have caused a considerable electricity shortage in the Aba Ring-fenced Area, comprising nine of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Abia State, it has been revealed. According to sources who do…
By Femi Anamelechi Aba Power, Nigeria’s newest electric distribution company (DisCo), is creating over 350 jobs with its new prepaid meter rollout that will start this month, according to the utility firm. Edise Ekong, the Aba Power Brand and Communication Senior Manager, said that jobs would come directly from its partnerships with three-meter producers. According…
By Femi Anamelechi An indigenous power distribution plant in Abia State, Aba Power is set to provide Mass Meter for residents in the state. The company in order to facilitate this ground breaking development has set up 10-man work team to ensure the success of this project. The electricity distribution company (DisCo), in it’s bid…
By Femi Anamelechi Spokesman of Aba Power, Edise Ekong has stated that no Court has Ruled Against New Electricity Tariff in Nigeria. He made this known when response to some media reports that an Abia State High Court has voided the new electricity tariff from the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for its customers or…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigerian electricity sector was abuzz last week when Geometric Power, Nigeria’s foremost electricity integrated company, flagged off the 42-kilometre New Ukwa 33KV Line. Nigerians were fascinated to learn that the project’s cost is a mere N1.8bn, in contrast to similar projects that cost four times elsewhere. Also of interest to Nigerians…
