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Electricity: Tariffs To Increase By April — NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said it would increase the electricity tariffs paid by consumers come April 1.
In its December 2019 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and Minimum Remittance Order for the Year 2020, the commission disclosed that “the minor review variables remain Nigerian and the United States inflation rates, naira-dollar foreign exchange rates, gas prices and available generation capacity.
“The Federal Government’s updated Power Sector Recovery Programme does not envisage an immediate increase in end-user tariffs until April 1, 2020, and a transition to full cost reflectivity by end of 2021.
“In the interim, the Federal Government has committed to funding the revenue gap arising from the difference between cost-reflective tariffs determined by the commission and the actual end-user tariffs payable by customers.”
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“All Discos are obligated to settle their market invoices in full as adjusted and netted off by applicable tariff shortfall.
“All FGN intervention from the financing plan of the PSRP for funding tariff shortfall shall be applied through NBET and the market operator to ensure 100 per cent settlement of invoices issued by market participants.
“Effectively, this order places a freeze on the tariffs of TCN and administrative charges until April 2020 at the rates applied in generating MO invoices for the period of January to October 2019, ” the review read.
