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Consumers Forum threatens court action against DISCOs over proposed electricity tariff increment

Distribution Companies to reverse their decision to increase electricity tariff from July 1, 2020 or be ready to be dragged to court.

The Forum, in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Gideon Balogun threatened to drag DISCOS to court if they increase the tariff without implementing the NERC order. “It will be recalled that even though, the NERC order 197/2020 indicates in Paragraph A of the order that Estimated billing has been repealed and replaced with capping order with attendant capping templates to DISCOS as to the maximum kwh a customer without meter in R2S, R2T and C1 should be charged, many DISCOS have flagrantly disregard the usage which led to unprecedented astronomical increase since.

 

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