I have made several complaints to Abapower customer care and they have not resolved this, that’s why I am bringing this out to the public.


Abapower placed us on the wrong band, thereby overcharging us, which is extortion. My district is Ariaria district under Ukwa 33 feeder, Enyimba transformer We are on prepaid metre. I previously complained about the 95 naira per unit they were charging us because the power supply in our area is poor, only to check a week later to see that they have increased the charge to 102 naira per kwh. R2SB-NMD is what is on our receipt, which is a wrong classification.


To paint the true picture of power supply in our area, I took down records from Sat 27th April to 3rd May 2024. Sat 8 hours supply, Sunday no power, Monday 3 hours supply, Tuesday no power, Wednesday 45 minutes supply, Thursday no power, Friday 1 hour. Out of 168 hours, they only gave us power for 12 hours 45 minutes of power supply in a week, which is not up to 10% of 168 hours. This means the average supply per day is around 1.7 hours a day.

The lowest band category by NERC is Band E, which is a minimum of 4 hours a day but we are getting an average of 1-2 hours per day and are being charged same rate as those in Band B.

Hide important info from your screenshot, your home address.

Make una no dey loose guard now

yhunusanni:
Wait, in the same Aba that should be having 24 hours power?

Some areas in Aba are having regular power supply, not all.

helinues:
Hide important info from your screenshot, your home address.

Make una no dey loose guard now

I removed the number of the address. Let the name of the street be there. No be only our house dey for the street.

yhunusanni:

Why? So how much are they charging for 24/7 light areas? Just want to compare

I can't give the correct tariff for those in band A but Abapower said on radio that they are not implementing the 225 naira. So it should be less than 200 naira.

jmoore:


I can't give the correct tariff for those in band A but Abapower said on radio that they are not implementing the 225 naira. So it should be lesser than 200 naira.

have you been connected to their new plant?

Bulldozer90:
have you been connected to their new plant?

No, our feeder gets supply from TCN.

helinues:
Hide important info from your screenshot, your home address.

Make una no dey loose guard now

Dey play. Make robbers go rob am na.

jmoore:


I removed the number of the address. Let the name of the street be there. No be only our house dey for the street.

But your name is appearing there.

Be security cautious guy

Hoelujohn:

Dey play. Make robbers go rob am na.

If na robbers it for good now, how about security operatives?

helinues:


If na robbers it for good now, how about security operatives?

You are saying that robbers are better than security OPs in your darling nation?

Tallesty1:
You are saying that robbers are better than security OPs in your darling nation?

Not just in Nigeria but globally.

Most of the dreaded armed robbers are former security operatives

It takes lots of courage to shoot someone

helinues:


But your name is appearing there.

Be security cautious guy

I understand your concerns. The name is not even correct, I even removed a part of the name that is half-right.

jmoore:


I can't give the correct tariff for those in band A but Abapower said on radio that they are not implementing the 225 naira. So it should be less than 200 naira.

The more you look, the less you see.

Get ready.

aieromon:

Aba Power Electric Company is 100% private like NESCO in Jos and Ossiomo in Benin City. Their rates are cost reflective.

I thought some people claimed they had 24 hour electricity alll over Aba courtesy geometrics ?

aieromon:


The more you look, the less you see.

Get ready.

You are wrong! Do you know more than abapower staff? There is a weekly radio programmed aired live on Magic fm here in Aba for abapower to inform the public. They are under NERC regulations and tariff.

SalamRushdie:
I thought some people claimed they had 24 hour electricity alll over Aba courtesy geometrics ?

Some parts, not everywhere.

Yesterday, I went out and noticed that there is free mass metering going on in areas where they have connected to geometric.

jmoore:

You are wrong! Do you know more than abapower staff? There is a weekly radio programmed aired live on Magic fm here in Aba for abapower to inform the public. They are under NERC regulations and tariff.

1. What is the tariff rate for the different Bands under their franchise?

2. On the NERC website, all Band A feeders for 11 DISCOs are listed. Why is APL missing?
https://nerc.gov.ng/media/nerc-approves-new-band-a-feeders/

Sure, NERC regulates the power industry in Nigeria. However, NERC does not have the powers to fix tariffs for private entities.

The Nigerian power industry is transiting from service-based tariff plus government subsidy to cost reflective tariff. Geometric will buy gas at premium price to power their turbines so why should they subsidise cost of kWh for its end users?

aieromon:


What is the tariff rate for the different Bands under their franchise?

The information is not in public domain, can't find it on their website. But I am suspecting that every prepaid customer in all bands are currently being charged 102 naira per kwh.

jmoore:
I have made several complaints to Abapower customer care and they have not resolved this, that’s why I am bringing this out to the public.


Abapower placed us on the wrong band, thereby overcharging us, which is extortion. My district is Ariaria district under Ukwa 33 feeder, Enyimba transformer We are on prepaid metre. I previously complained about the 95 naira per unit they were charging us because the power supply in our area is poor, only to check a week later to see that they have increased the charge to 102 naira per kwh. R2SB-NMD is what is on our receipt, which is a wrong classification.


To paint the true picture of power supply in our area, I took down records from Sat 27th April to 3rd May 2024. Sat 8 hours supply, Sunday no power, Monday 3 hours supply, Tuesday no power, Wednesday 45 minutes supply, Thursday no power, Friday 1 hour. Out of 168 hours, they only gave us power for 12 hours 45 minutes of power supply in a week, which is not up to 10% of 168 hours. This means the average supply per day is around 1.7 hours a day.

The lowest band category by NERC is Band E, which is a minimum of 4 hours a day but we are getting an average of 1-2 hours per day and are being charged same rate as those in Band B.

I really doubt Aba power is affected by NERC regulations and tariff. Aba power is 100% owned by the private sector.

jmoore:


The information is not in public domain, can't find it on their website. But I am suspecting that every prepaid customer in all bands are currently being charged 102 naira per kwh.

There is a reason why their website is silent on tariff information.

As for the tariff, you did not factor VAT in your calculations.
(1400 - 97.67)/13.7 ~~ ₦95

In contrast, Ossiomo Power in Benin offers 24/7 light at a rate of ₦145/kWh.

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yhunusanni:
Wait, in the same Aba that should be having 24 hours power?

Media hyped AbaPower?🤨🤨
Im shocked to see her complain o

The distribution companies are thieves, since their licenses are expiring soon, the government should take them over because it doesn't make sense turning such an essential service to a private monopoly, they'll only be out to exploit their customers because there's no incentive to do otherwise. Such services should be exclusively be provided by the government.

See them. Why are these people like this? Why so much hate and bitterness?

Why? why? why? Chai!

yhunusanni:
Wait, in the same Aba that should be having 24 hours power?

SalamRushdie:
I thought some people claimed they had 24 hour electricity alll over Aba courtesy geometrics ?

Mohisah:
Media hyped AbaPower🤣🤣
Im shocked to see her complaining

go and buy fuel 1k
don disturb us

Hmmm