Under the new tariff announced by NERC in December 20,2015, R2 customers covered by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) who currently pay N13.91 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) will witness an increase by N9.60.
Consumers under the Eko and Ikeja electricity distribution areas who currently pay N12.87kWh and N13.61 kWh respectively will witness a N10 and N8 increase respectively in their energy charges.
Electricity consumers covered by Kaduna and Benin Discos who currently pay N16.90 kWh and N12.54 kWh will witness an increase of N11.05 and N9.26 respectively in their energy charges.
For commercial consumers in Ibadan and Enugu who currently pay N25.18 kWh and N24.01 kWh respectively, their energy charges will increase by N12.08 and N13.35 respectively. But the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Mr. Sunday Oduntan, explained at the weekend that power sector growth would have remained elusive under the old tariff structure.
He said that the old tariff was not cost reflective, hence the operations of the Discos were almost grinding to a halt before the intervention of NERC with the new tariff structure, which, he said, was the only way to ensure that they remained in business.
