Eko Disco earmarks N50b for prepaid metering scheme

EKEDC
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company
(EKEDC) has unveiled plans to expend about N50
billion to meet the prepaid metering requirement
of its network in the next three years.
The Managing Director, EKEDC, Oladele Amoda,
who disclosed this during the quarterly press
briefing in Lagos said the company has set plans
in motion to install meters for about 400,000
electricity customers in the network.
However, Amoda berate the frustrating attitude
of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)
towards the fixing of its damaged facility in
Lekki-Ajah-Ibeju area of Lagos.
Amoda said the company has already taken
delivery of 7,500 maximum demand meters and
50,000 non-maximum demand meters, procured
at a about N5.8 billion.
“These meters constitute only the first phase of
our metering plan that will see all our close to
400,000 customers metered free of charge,” he
said, adding that, “installation of the first phase
meters has already begun, though it will not be
possible to reach all customers at the same time,
the assurance for all customers is that at the end,
everyone will be metered with smart meters free
of charge,”
He further noted that those customers that cannot
wait for their turn can get their meters
immediately through the Credited Advance
Payment for Metering (CAPMI) scheme.
Amoda said that, “altogether, a total of N50
billion will be expended to cover all customers
within the next three years”.
Recounting the company ordeal in the past two
years of operations, Amoda said despite the huge
expenses and expansion programme, the sector
may not have recorded instant turn around
because the rot of over several decades will be so
hard to revive in two years.
He regretted the unfortunate electrocution at
University of Lagos, assuring that the company
will do the necessary and has commenced plan to
ensure that all cables are buried underground.
“We shall work in collaboration with the
Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency
(NEMSA) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulation
Commission (NERC) to ensure safety and
conformity to standards,” he said.
Amoda however appealed to electricity
consumers in Lekki0-Ajah- Ibeju axis for the
outage, linking it to a fault on the Ajah
transmission station.
Affected areas are Lekki Penisula, Oniru Estate,
Lekki phase one, Ajah, Ibeju and other
neighbouring communities.
The Eko Disco said the station has been
experiencing frequent breakdown due to poor
33kv breaker bus bar that is moisture, and
needed to be completely replaced.
The company claimed to have negotiated with the
TCN and the National Independent Power
Projects (NIPP) on immediate recovery of supply,
but they insisted that the project is still under
warrantee, therefore expecting that Pivot- the
constructor and Siemens should do the needful.
Meanwhile, the customers continued to stay in
darkness, with hope fading away.

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