From Our Correspondent
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fined the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (“AEDC”) N200 million for non-compliance with the Supplementary Order to the April 2024 Multi-Year Tariff Order 2024.
In a statement on Friday, the Commission explained that AEDC failed to comply with the prescribed customer band classifications for the tariff billing.
“This decision follows a detailed review and customer feedback, which revealed that AEDC had applied the new tariff to all customer bands, contrary to the Order,” it stated.
TheNewsZenith quotes NERC as stating that it designed the Order to ensure fair billing practices.
It, therefore, mandated AEDC to reimburse all customers in Bands B, C, D and E respectively.
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AEDC had billed these customers above the allowed customer categories/tariff bands contrary to the Order.
“Reimburse will be through the provision of the balance of customer tokens that
“The affected customers would receive electricity tokens at the applicable rates.
“AEDC must issue all token reimbursements to the affected customers by April 11.
The commission further ordered AEDC to file evidence of compliance with the directives in A & C with the Commission by April 12.
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