Electricity: NERC approves special compensation for Band A customers

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has approved a peculiar compensation bundle for eligible Band A energy customers affected by powerfulness proviso shortfalls caused by grid procreation constraints betwixt February and March 2026.

In a nationalist announcement issued on Thursday, the committee said the directive became indispensable pursuing important procreation shortages crossed the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, which hindered Distribution Companies, DisCos, from delivering the committed work levels to immoderate Band A customers.

According to NERC, the shortfalls were mostly caused by inadequate state proviso and the vandalism of captious state and transmission infrastructure, factors beyond the nonstop power of the DisCos.

The committee said the compensation strategy covers the play from February to March 2026.

Under the directive, Band A feeders that recorded an mean regular proviso of betwixt 18 and 20 hours volition proceed to beryllium compensated nether the existing model contained successful Addendum No. NERC/2024/003 for some Maximum Demand (MD) and Non-Maximum Demand (Non-MD) customers.

For Band A feeders that received little than 18 hours of energy supply, NERC said the affected feeders would not beryllium downgraded during the covered period. Instead, eligible Non-MD customers volition person compensation equivalent to 20 per cent of the approv...