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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Wpj8sQMB" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission&comma; NERC&comma; has approved over 50 per cent hike in electricity tariff payable by customers of the 11 Distribution Companies&comma; DisCos&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"bE6uqLsV" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>This is coming just two months after it finally implemented a much opposed hike in November 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a revised Multi Year Tariff Order &lpar;MYTO&rpar; signed by the new Chairman of NERC&comma; Engr&period; Sanusi Garba&comma; on December 30&comma; 2020&comma; and sighted Tuesday&comma; the new tariff increase took effect on January 1&comma; 2021&comma; and supersedes the previous Order NERC&sol;2028&sol;2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;04&sol;major-general-ibrahim-sani-backs-decriminalization-of-petty-offences&sol;">Major General Ibrahim Sani Backs Decriminalization Of Petty Offences<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"kDZ4rP7R" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In the new Order NERC&sol;225&sol;2020&comma; the commission said it considered the 14&period;9&percnt; inflation rate rise in November 2020&comma; foreign exchange of N379&period;4&sol;&dollar;1 as of December 29&comma; 2020&comma; available generation capacity&comma; US inflation rate of 1&period;22&percnt; and the Capital Expenditure &lpar;CAPEX&rpar; of the power firms to raise the tariff&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The revised Service Based Tariff &lpar;SBT&rpar; also saw increase in the rates payable by all classes of electricity users unlike the one of November 2020&comma; that exempted low power getters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is effective till June 2021 while a Cost Reflective Tariff &lpar;CRT&rpar; expected to raise the new cost higher will be activated from June to December 2021&comma; the NERC Order revealed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Daily Trust had reported that in December&comma; 2020&comma; NERC notified that it had begun a review for another tariff&comma; which has been completed and had taken effect from January 1&comma; 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NERC had raised tariff for the DisCos in September but that drew outrages from customers and the organised labour&comma; prompting the federal government to suspend it while parties dialogued&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By November 1&comma; 2020&comma; the suspended tariff was implemented after some discounts were given for customers who get 12 hours and above power supply daily&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; 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