Nigeria: Don’t Ask Consumers to Pay for Faulty Meter Replacement, NERC Warns Discos

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued a stern warning to electricity distribution companies (DisCos) against charging customers for the replacement of faulty or obsolete meters. NERC emphasised that such practices violate Order No. NERC/246/2021, which mandates DisCos to replace defective meters at no cost to consumers, provided the fault is not due to customer negligence.

In a notice on it’s X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday,

NERC insisted that the replacement of…