The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has restated that electricity consumers are not required to pay directly for the meters issued to them, under the National Mass Metering Programme.
This is contained in a statement NERC issued in Abuja adding that the initiative is still very much on course as a total of over 900, 000 units of meters have so far been installed under the takeoff scheme.
NERC said that the regulatory framework approved by the commission under MAP/NMMP Regulation provides for refund of the cost of meter through energy credits to the customer at the time of vending.
The commission said that the recently issued notice by the commission on the adjusted cost of the meter was designed to protect consumers from arbitrary pricing by MAP.
