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NERC: 148,077 Electricity Customers Metered in May and June

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According to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s  (NERC) factsheet on the Metering Status of Distribution Companies, which was released on Wednesday, 148,077 electricity customers were metered nationwide in May and June 2025. Of these, 63,180 customers were metered in May and 84,897 in June, bringing the total number of metered customers nationwide to 6,422,933 as of June 2025. This represents a slight increase in the national metering rate from 53.78 percent in May to 54.33 percent in June. The country’s total active electricity customers increased slightly from 11,784,842 in May…

FG Threatens to Disconnect Gencos from Grid Over Non-Compliance

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National Grid Recovery Nears Completion – TCN Gives Update

A governor is a control system that regulates the speed or output of a turbine or generator in power generation. Its primary function is to maintain a stable speed or frequency. Confused by the ongoing collapse of the national grid, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, has issued an order requiring all electricity generation companies connected to the grid to implement Free Governor Control across their generating units. The order, referenced NERC/2025/094, was signed on August 26, 2025, by the commissioner, legal, licensing & compliance, Dafe Akpeneye,…