South-East electricity consumers demand NERC-style compensation, caution against band downgrade

South East Electricity Consumers Association, SEECA, has described the support of peculiar compensation for eligible Band A energy customers by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, arsenic a invited development.  

DAILY POST recalls that NERC approved the compensation for customers affected by grid procreation constraints betwixt February and March 2026.

Speaking with newsmen successful Enugu connected Monday, the Coordinator of SEECA, Dr Sebastine Chukwuebuka Okafor, described the directive arsenic a progressive and consumer-oriented determination aimed astatine protecting energy users, portion ensuring stableness successful the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry.

Okafor said the determination by NERC to compensate Band A customers who suffered inadequate energy proviso contempt paying higher tariffs demonstrates the value of balancing user extortion with the operational realities facing energy organisation companies.

He noted that the procreation shortfalls experienced wrong the period, which were mostly caused by inadequate state proviso and the vandalism of captious state and transmission infrastructure, were circumstances beyond the nonstop ...