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NERC to issue code to regulate electricity metering

By on May 16, 2013

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday announced plans to issue a new standard code to regulate metering of electricity in the country.

The commission said a panel had reviewed the proposed metering code and had endorsed it, adding that after meticulous public consultations, it would be presented to the public and enforced.

Speaking at a stakeholders’ workshop on ‘Metering Code 2,’ in Abuja, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, said the commission would ensure adequate public enlightenment before enforcing the new metering code.

He said, “We are about to issue a new standard code to regulate metering, which will be in terms of features of metering capabilities in the industry. And as our tradition, we will offer the public, stakeholders, as well as operators the opportunity to interact publicly and provide inputs.

“There is a metering code panel that reviewed it and gave to us to review and approve. However, before we issue it out, we have to get public consultation in a forum where not just the operators, but also consumers will come together and review the documents so that we can benefit from the inputs of everybody before the commission exercises its powers on the code with binding effects in the country.”

Amadi said the cost of electricity meters would vary depending on the phases and the features of the individual meter.

 

 

 

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