NERC Releases Email, Phone Number to Report DisCos Forcing Consumers to Buy Transformers, Poles [Video]

• NERC has urged consumers to report any DisCo that forces consumers to bear the burden of the provision of basic equipment
• The Commission restated that it is the duty of DisCos, and not the consumers, to provide transformers, cables and poles
• In order to effectively monitor this directive, NERC provided email and phone number where consumers can contact it

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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has urged electricity consumers to report any distribution companies (DisCos) that fail to supply necessary equipment, such as cables and transformers.

The commission sounded this warning following reports that some DisCos were compelling consumers and communities to carry the cost of providing essential equipment.

Don’t buy transformers, cables and poles

It would be recalled that earlier this year, NERC imposed …