• Eyes 6,000Mw this year
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has denied abolishing fixed charge on electricity consumers’ meters in the country.
Its Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi said the fixed charge cannot be removed with executive fiat.
He said: “Fixed charge has not been removed. A regulator does not remove something by executive fiat. It has to go through a process.’’
He said the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI)
is working out a template for generating over 6,000megawatts (Mw) of electricity by the end of the year.
Amadi, who spoke with reporters yesterday during a two-day workshop by NERC to present a template for effective project management to the electricity industry performance management officers in Abuja, said the meeting would provide the opportunity to present the performance management officials a template designed by NERC and a consultant.
He said the template being given to the performance officers would enable them to learn how to deliver on projects in good time.
He said: “This meeting is for us to meet with our stakeholders to show them the template we have designed with consultants to enable them deliver on time and effectively.
“We want to increase our capacity. There is a possibility of ending this year with over 6000Mw or close to that”
Amadi, however, identified corruption, poor budgeting as the problems bedeviling the electricity sector.
According to him, prior to 2010, the sector suffered the problem of modelling, but from 2010 to date, it has faced management problems.
He said the problem was mostly caused by corruption, adding that inefficient budget cycle have made it difficult for effective delivery of projects within a target time frame in the sector.
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