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Why we’re yet to roll out metering programme in South East – EEDC

By on August 24, 2015

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) said on Sunday in Enugu that it has earmarked N25billion for investment in Geographic Information System (GIS) and enumeration of customers and assets in its licence area, the south-east zone.

The sum would also cover transformers, construction of relief substations and network expansion.

The company however attributed the present delay in the roll-out of its metering programme in the five states of the south-east zone to the high incidence of meter by-pass and tampering by consumers in the affected states.
The company’s Managing Director, Mr Robertson Dickerman told customers during a consultative meeting in Enugu as part of consultation for applying the tariff review that the new meters needed to be designed to check the incessant bye-pass and tampering.

Dickerman spoke as consumers of electricity in the zone have expressed dissatisfaction with the services of the company in estimated bills,
absence of meters, delay in repairing faulty transformers, prolonged power outages and fixed charges and called on the company to improve
their services before considering tariff review.

 

[ThisDay]