See the list of AEDC customers eligible for compensation and refund

• The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has released the names of unmetered customers eligible for refunds and compensation
• The determination came aft the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) debited the DisCo N1.69 billion
• AEDC disclosed connected its website that the refund covers January done September 2023, and portion of 2025

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The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has published the database of unmetered customers eligible for a refund oregon compensation aft the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) debited the firm.

A erstwhile study by Legit.ng disclosed that NERC approved N1.69 cardinal deductions from the operating expenditure of AEDC implicit nonaccomplishment to headdress estimated billing.

Nigerian DisCo customers to get refunds aft NERC's order. Credit: Novatis
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NERC sanctions AEDC for overbilling

NERC said the authorisation represents 10% of the full magnitude AEDC overbilled customers betwixt May and September 2023.

However, successful an update connected its website, AEDC announced that it has completed the recognition accommodation for affected unmetered customers who were overbilled for the period.

The energy organisation steadfast explained that the customers volition beryllium notified of the recognition accommodation successful their consequent bills. 

AEDC releases names of eligible customers for refund

According to reports, betwixt January and September 2023, the Abuja DisCo issued a database of astir 100 customers who were eligible for a refund successful the Wuse Zone successful Abuja.

The company’s accusation shows that the 2024 database includes July, August, and September headdress refunds.

AEDC released the names, the refund magnitude and different accusation of the affected customers successful antithetic areas qualified for a refund successful May 2025 for customers nether the Meter Asset Provider (MAP).

AEDC to compensate Band A customers

Also, the institution announced that successful enactment with the NERC directives, immoderate affected Band A customers who received little than 20 hours of powerfulness per period person been compensated via units for prepaid customers and recognition adjustments for postpaid consumers.

AEDC classified customers, with their number, SPN, oregon relationship numbers, based connected the period successful which they were overbilled.

The database includes compensation for April 2020, June 2024, July 2024, August 2024, November 2024, December 2024, and January 2025.

NERC orders DisCos to downgrade Band A customers

The improvement comes aft NERC ordered 8 energy organisation firms to downgrade 18 energy feeders successful the Band A feeders to little bands implicit their inability to proviso a minimum of 20 hours of powerfulness to the affected customers.

The committee besides ordered the DisCos to compensate Band A customers successful 213 feeders.

NERC issues notices to 8 DisCos to downgrade 18 Band A feeders. Credit: Novatis
Source: UGC

The bid was contained successful the May 2025 Supplementary Order to the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO).

Aba Power begins escaped prepaid metre rollout

Legit.ng earlier reported that Aba Power has begun the rollout of the 2nd signifier of its prepaid metre installation scheme.

The powerfulness inferior institution resumed operations with 20,000 astute meters provided by Eves Metering of China, which volition beryllium afloat installed wrong 1 period astatine a outgo of astir N3.5 billion.

However, the steadfast said it is not providing metres simultaneously to each its sum areas.

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Source: Legit.ng