The Senate on Tuesday asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to abolish the collection of fixed charges from electricity consumers in the country.
The upper chamber also urged NERC to urgently inquire into numerous complaint before it by electricity consumers in line with the provision of Section 74(1)(b) of the Power Sector Reform Act.
It directed Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to discontinue the practice of compulsory bulk metering of villages and communities in the rural areas as a consumer should have the right to elect to be part of bulk metering scheme or not.
This is contained in a motion on “Unfair Trade Practice of Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) in Nigeria,” sponsored by Senators Sam Egwu (Ebonyi North) and David Umaru (Niger East).
The Senate also resolved to compel NERC to make a regulation mandating DISCOs to discontinue the practice of making consumer to pay for meters, poles and transformers which by law are property of the DISCOs.
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