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FG Increases Electricity Tariff by 50% | Daily Report Nigeria
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has approved an over 50 per cent hike in electricity tariff.

The new tarrif hike regime is to be paid by all customers of the 11 electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs.

This is coming just two months after the Commission forced the implementation on Nigerians in November 20, but met strong opposition which forced the plan to be dropped.

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In a revised Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) signed by the new Chairman of NERC, Engr. Sanusi Garba, on December 30, 2020, the new tariff increase took effect on January 1, 2021, and supersedes the previous Order NERC/2028/2020.

In the new Order NERC/225/2020, the commission said it considered the 14.9% inflation rate rise in November 2020, foreign exchange of N379.4/$1 as of December 29, 2020, available generation capacity, US inflation rate of 1.22% and the Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) of the power firms to raise the tariff.

The revised Service Based Tariff (SBT) also saw increase in the rates payable by all classes of electricity users unlike the one of November 2020, that exempted low power getters.

This is effective till June 2021 while a Cost Reflective Tariff (CRT) expected to raise the new cost higher will be activated from June to December 2021, the NERC Order revealed.

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