Poll Result: Will Nigeria’s meter rollout plan work?

Apr 12, 2019

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About 75% of prepaid meters are bypassed and estimated billing being popular among Nigeria’s discos, it’s unlikely to achieve a cost-reflective tariff.

In response to the challenge, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed Meter Asset Providers to commence with rollout of meters no later than the 1^st of May 2019.

On Twitter you said…

About 75% of prepaid meters are bypassed and estimated billing being popular among Nigeria’s discos, it’s unlikely to achieve a cost-reflective tariff. In response to the challenge, @NERCNG plans another #meter rollout project.

Will this renewed initiative make any difference?
— ESI Africa (@ESIAfrica) April 12, 2019

On Facebook you said…

Is Eskom’s winter plan to keep the lights on workable? The plan includes: more coal-fired generation capacity, limit rotational loadshedding to Stage 1, and the public to implement energy-saving initiatives.
Posted by ESI Africa on Thursday, April 4, 2019

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