South Africa: Cape Town Plans Tender for IPP Power Purchase

Cape Town plans to gradually exit from the monopoly of the South African state-owned utility Eskom.…

Ikeja, Eko DisCos Sued Over Estimated Billing

IKEDC and EKEDC to appear in court over failure to implement the Order capping estimated billing…

The Need for Customer Advocacy

In any conventional competitive market, the customer is believed to be the king regardless of industry.…

FG Institutes Team to Evaluate Power Sector

  FG creates a new team to monitor the affairs of NESI. Minister of power reassures…

KENYA: Kenya Government Implements First Tranche Tariff Reduction

Kenyan government begins implementation of electricity tariff reductions To implement the first 15% tranche retroactively To…

Highlights of NERC’s Q2 2021 Report

The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, in December 2021, released a report on the performance of the…

TANZANIA: President Samia Hassan Issues Executive Order on New Connections

President Samia Hassan discontinues new connection waivers Government waivers will apply only to extremely poor consumers…

NIGERIA: AECPF Calls for Forensic Audit of DisCos

  AECPF calls for an audit of DisCos Asks NERC to beef up its regulatory oversight…

NIGERIA: The Second Phase of the NMMP to Commence in 2022

Phase 1 of the NMMP to commence in Q1 2022 980,000 customers metered in the initial…

A Busy Couple of Weeks for NERC

The past two weeks week have been busy for the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). NERC…