The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission in Abuja on Monday advised aggrieved persons to petition against the fresh increase of electricity service charge.
The NERC’s Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi, told newsmen: “We want to call on consumer groups and civil society groups to get more engaged with the work of the commission.
“The Business Rules of the commission allows any person aggrieved by the orders of the commission to file proper petition for the review.
“The Small and Medium Enterprises utilised this provision to request NERC to review the fixed charge paid by them.”
The NERC recently increased the electricity service charge from N500 to N700, which attracted negative reactions from customers.
Amadi said the new service charge was announced by the commission on June 1, 2012.
He said the Multi-Year-Tariff-Order empowered the commission to increase the electricity tariff between two and five years.
The chairman said the tariffs paid by customers were “fair, reasonable and necessary” and would guarantee improvement in electricity supply to Nigerians.
The NERC’s Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi, told newsmen: “We want to call on consumer groups and civil society groups to get more engaged with the work of the commission.
“The Business Rules of the commission allows any person aggrieved by the orders of the commission to file proper petition for the review.
“The Small and Medium Enterprises utilised this provision to request NERC to review the fixed charge paid by them.”
The NERC recently increased the electricity service charge from N500 to N700, which attracted negative reactions from customers.
Amadi said the new service charge was announced by the commission on June 1, 2012.
He said the Multi-Year-Tariff-Order empowered the commission to increase the electricity tariff between two and five years.
The chairman said the tariffs paid by customers were “fair, reasonable and necessary” and would guarantee improvement in electricity supply to Nigerians.
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