Update your meters now, before November 24: NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has advised power users nationwide to start updating their prepaid meters to avoid losing them by November 2024.

Its advice came as a power distribution company explained that un-updated prepaid meters would stop operating from November next year, adding that this was a global standard for prepaid electricity meters. Read More: https://legalattorneyblog.com/2023/07/00/reps-charge-nerc-to-stop-the-monthly-estimated-billing/

In one of its latest posts on X (formerly Twitter), seen on Wednesday, the commission said, “If you have a prepaid meter, it may be time for an update. From November 2024, you may be unable to recharge your meter. However, updating is easy and free.

“Discos (distribution companies) shall commence issuance of two free Key Change Tokens, which will update your meter. The update will not affect the units in your meter nor make it run faster than usual. Contact your Disco for more information.”

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Meanwhile, in a two-minute video it shared recently, Kaduna Electric explained how customers could upgrade their prepaid meters to avoid losing them.

In the snapshot by the Disco, the Head of Non-Maximum Demand Metering, Kaduna Electric, Umar Gumel, said, “This is to inform you about one worldwide development as regards prepaid meters, not in Kaduna Electric alone, not in Nigeria independently, but a worldwide affair.

“STS (Standard Transfer Specification) standard meters will have what they call Roll Over by November 2024. So, every meter must be upgraded to a specific expected value before that date.

“Otherwise, any meter that fails to receive the upgrade token will cease to operate by November 2024. The implication is that that meter can never work and it can never be used, and so it becomes a loss.”

Gumel further explained that “the cost of a three-phase meter as of today stands at N118,000, while that of the single phase is N63,000. So you can see the colossal amount of loss that would happen.”

He said Kaduna Electric was calling for the cooperation and understanding of power users under its franchise areas to reach any of the Disco’s cash offices and ask for the rollover token.

“It will be given to you just like how you purchase your electricity token. You will enter it the way you are entering your electricity token. And once the meter accepts the ticket, it will upgrade itself automatically.

“I want to call your attention to two prominent questions: How about my old token in the meter? It will remain there; it will not be touched. How about the speed of the meter? It will remain permanent as before, no increase, no decrease.

“Only the meter programming system will be upgraded to avoid the rollover repercussion,” the Kaduna Electric official explained in the video.

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