The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission have put together 9 ways to save your electricity consumption. This is in light with the recent increase in electricity billing. Can you share some of the ways you save electricity consumption in your residence or place of business?

1. Turn off lights and electrical appliances when not in use: don't leave your electronics or lightbulbs on all day long.

2. Switch to energy-efficient light bulbs:
Traditional light bulbs waste 95% of the energy they use giving off heat, with only 5% going toward the light. Switch them out or use them sparingly.
Leaving them on for long periods is highly wasteful. Halogen incandescent bulbs, compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), and light-emitting diode bulbs (LEDs) use anywhere from 25-80 percent less electricity and last 3 to 25 times longer than traditional bulbs.

3. Reduce the use of water heaters:
Water heating is a major contributor to your total energy consumption. Other than purchasing an energy-efficient water heater, there are two methods of reducing your water heating expenses, you can simply use less hot water or turn down the thermostat on your water heater.

4. Purchase energy-efficient appliances:
Appliances account for a large amount of enemy consumed in households, offices, and industries. With this in mind, it is important to be intentional about purchases made to the ensure that energy-efficient appliances are installed.

5. Set refrigerator temperature to the manufacturers recommendation:
This is important to avoid excessive cooling and wasting energy

6. Unplug battery chargers when not in use:
Many devices including battery chargers draw power continuously even when not in use.

7. Plug home electronics into power strips:
Use power strips such as adaptors and extension boards to reduce energy consumption Turn the power strips off when equipment is not in use. You'll stop these devices from using energy when idle with one convenient switch.

8. Bring in sunlight:
During daylight hours, switch off artificial lights and use windows and skylights to brighten your home.

9. Service your air conditioner:
Easy maintenance, such as routinely replacing or cleaning air filters can lower your cooling systems energy consumption.

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As if nepa will charge less if we save the power.

doctorexcel:
As if nepa will charge less if we save the power.

It is for people with prepaid meter

You can only save what you have....

Please what is the update on two weeks suspension of tariff increment agreed by NLC and FGN?

These are lies. Travel for 6 months and switch off everything in your house. Come back and meet accumulated bills waiting for u even when u used zero current and there are no more fixed charges. That is why they don't want to give prepaid meters because with that, u can easily monitor your power usage and have solid evidence to prove your fraud case against them.

Only way to save electricity is to reduce that evil tariff

In kebbi and Niger state (certain areas) ..A 3 bedroom house pays 750naira as electric bill, a minimum of 20hrs perday

Who dem con dey tell, 80% of Nigerians don't have prepaid meter

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number 10, reduce electricity tariff

Story, it means they want to use style to increase it again, as if they are in your house with you.
Mtcheeeew

No mind them

Them no want make we use more power but then Dey charge us more money

Una papa

I Dey go carry my grandpa TV sef for village come my house be like say dat one they chop light well

Our top floor has been under renovation for a year. No one is living there. Yet these wicked folks keep bringing bill of over 3k monthly.

They don't use the reading they take so why should I bother to save power?! Same way useless NYSC requested for our shoe sizes when they know they won't use it. Very useless system.

I'll use whatever I can afford. The only reason why I use energy saving bulbs is the low heat and aesthetics, else I'll be using 100naira bulb. I can't be paying prohibitive due monthly and still not enjoy my life.

You won't give citizens their rights but you'll be arm-twisting citizens with police, sars, customs, military, mopol, frsc etc to give government their rights.

Since independence, the thing just dey worse. Why? Why? Why?

So this is the response to the suspension of electric tariff agreed in the meeting between FGN and NLC. Shame on NLC Leadership!

Medecine after death.
Kill us with the bill, then try and wake us up with stories of what we should not have done to keep us alive

Why would you be interested in saving energy for me

Why will they save consumption when
Electricity is cheap in this country.

Government should increase the tarriff more and
anyone caught trying to start any protest should be jailed for public disturbance.

nice tips tho

Nigerians should learn to save light

In Nigeria this will not work.....they will still bring you estimated bills!

Thank you OP

I guess number 10 will be only charge your mobile phones and laptops to 50%
Nonsense and ingredients.

if they provide us with good paying jobs and standardize electricity then I think to pay more won't be a problem

NERC abeg just revert to the old tariff, no vex.

Wahala for who get light for house

Very important tips

Noted

OK.. We don hear

how can I save what I don't av

Is the suspension of hike in electricity price still feasible.

Confusion everywhere.