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The information posted on the NERC website was the last tariff rate review in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur function is to approve applications for tariffs for the distribution companies, and we have not received any.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have clearly said that we have an obligation by law to do minor review every six months to take care of inflation, forex and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of Eligible Customers Regulations, the Commissioner, Market Competition and Rates, NERC, Mr Musiliu Oseni, said it was still in place.<\/p>\n<p>According to NAN report,\u00a0the eligible customer regulation permits electricity generation companies to sell power directly to customers whose consumption is more than two megawatts\/hour over the course of one month.<\/p>\n<p>Oseni said the regulation and the framework were in place, adding that the commission issued a letter to the market operators to stop the recognition of certain potential customers.<\/p>\n<p>He said the customers were stopped because at the time, they had not secured the approval of the commission.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cAs of today, we have a few customers that have been approved as eligible customers pending the review of the necessary documentation of other customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the customers that are yet to secure approval have some challenges, which include the inability of their potential generators to sell additional capacity to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder that framework, many of the generators had a contract with the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company, and you cannot contract the same capacity twice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oseni added that such generators were already making moves to renegotiate the contracted capacity made with NBET to free some capacity to sell to eligible customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Sanusi Garba, the chairman of Nigerian Electricity has stated that the agency has not approved tariff rate review in the power sector in recent times. 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