MainPower: EERC downgrades 59 feeders in Enugu over poor power supply

Enugu Electricity Regulatory Commission, EERC, has announced the downgrade of 59 feeders nether the franchise of the MainPower Electricity Distribution Company Limited.

MainPower is simply a subsidiary of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, which services customers successful Enugu State.

EERC attributed the enactment to MainPower’s nonaccomplishment to conscionable the threshold of minimum hours of powerfulness availability, particularly for Band A customers, contempt charging them Band A tariff.

It could beryllium recalled that the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, successful November 1, 2020 categorized energy users into Bands.

It incldued: Band A: Minimum of 20 Hourss; Band B: Minimum of 16 Hours; Band C: Minimum of 12 Hours; Band D: Minimum of 8 Hours and Band E: Minimum of 4 Hours

However, determination has been an outcry by energy users successful Enugu implicit the inability of the Disco (Manpower) to conscionable the energy proviso target, necessitating the EERC’s involution successful enactment with its statutory powers.

The nationalist notice, signed by the Commission, said the downgrade would stay successful spot until powerfulness proviso improved connected specified feeders.

Providing inheritance to the decision, EERC said it arose pursuing persistent complaints from energy consumers successful Enugu State, peculiarly Band A customers.

Their complaints were regarding the drastically reduced hours of supply.

Consequently, the EERC...