148,389 metres installed in Q3 2023: NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says a total of 148,389 metres were installed in Quarter 3, 2023.
According to NERC, this represents a decrease of 32,670 installations compared to the 181,059 metres installed in 2023/Q2.
The commission said this in its Q3 2023 report posted on its website on Saturday.
The report said that during the quarter,147,736 metres were installed under the Metre Asset Provider (MAP} framework, while 207 metres were installed under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP).
NERC said that the vendor-financed framework recorded 446 metre installations while no metre installations were recorded under the DisCo-financed framework.
The commission said that it expected Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to utilise any of the five-metre financing frameworks that have been provided in the 2021 MAP and NMMP to close their respective metering gaps.
“As a safeguard for customers against exploitation due to the lack of metres, the commission has continued to issue monthly energy caps for all feeders in each DisCo.
“This sets the maximum amount of energy that may be billed to an unmetered customer for the respective month based on gross energy received by the DisCo and consumption by metred customers,” it said.
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