News has been making rounds that NERC has directed customers not to pay their electricity bills if they have not been metered. Well Ikeja Electric has come out to clarify what this statement means. The DisCo said that the directive was only meant for un-metered Maximum Demand customers. Maximum Demand customers refers to those who consume more than 50KVA on a monthly basis. 90%-95% of those who fall under this description are commercial customers (hotels, office complexes, factories, etc.) and more often than not have their own dedicated transformers. Customers who don't fall under this category are classified as Non-MD (Non Maximum Demand) customers and are usually on public transformers. Their tariffs are also different and slightly higher. If you are a Non-MD customer you are still expected to pay your bills.