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Aba Power continues to maintain the lowest electricity tariff among all 12 distribution companies in Nigeria, even after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) approved a 50 percent tariff increase effective January 1, 2025. This distinction underscores Aba Power’s commitment to providing relatively affordable power despite regulatory adjustments across the sector.
This information was disclosed earlier today in a statement issued by the Southeastern Zone of the Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ECAN), following its New Year gathering and celebration held at Trigpoint International Hotel in Awka, Anambra State.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) granted Aba Power approval on December 30, 2024, to increase its Band A tariff from N117 per kilowatt hour (kWh) by 50 percent for customers receiving a minimum of 22 hours of electricity daily. This decision comes eight months after NERC set a baseline tariff of N209.80 per kWh for Band A customers across all other electricity distribution companies (DisCos), with the exception of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), which charges N230 per kWh.
“This means that Aba Power still charges far the lowest in Nigeria”, says the electricity consumers association in a press statement signed by the zonal chairman, Engineer Joe Ubani, and the secretary, Comrade Chris Okpara.
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“For a company that went through hell for 20 years owing to deliberate man-made obstacles and was commissioned last February 26 by Vice President Kashim Shettima on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, it is hoped that the adjustment will enable it to weather the economic storm of charging its customers in naira for supplies while all its machines and equipment are paid for in dollars, like its expatriate staff”.
ECAN lauded Aba Power for the radical improvement in recent times in electricity supply to the Aba Ring Fence, which comprises nine of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Abia State.
“We are very delighted”, continued the group, “that there has been not a second blackout in many places since December 16 when the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its partner, Heirs Energies, resumed gas supply to the 18-megawatt Geometric Power Plant in the Osisioma Industrial Layout of Abia which is linked to the Oil Mining Licence (OML) 17 in Owaza, Ukwa west Local Government Area, by a 27-kilometre gas pipeline”.
Electricity supply in the Aba Power coverage area was affected for two weeks when punctures in the Rivers State section of the Eastern Gas Gas Network.
ECAN expressed confidence that by “the time gas supply improves soon, Geometric Power will be able to run its two other General Electric (GE) turbines already installed at the site, thereby becoming capable of exporting excess electricity to other parts of the country so that more power will be available throughout our beloved nation”.