The Electricity Power Reform Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 passed by the House of Representatives last Tuesday prohibiting and criminalising estimated billing has proposed a one year jail term and a fine of N1m for defaulters...
If assented to, the law will bar a Disco from disconnecting a consumer after the 30-day period within which a meter should be installed.
The Majority Leader of the House, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila , sponsored the bill in protest against the ‘crazy’ billing of consumers by the Discos.
He said, “Any regulation that allows estimation of bills when the actual consumption can be ascertained is against natural justice and equity and should not stand.”
The majority leader had also said the bill, when passed into law, would stop estimated billing.
The House passed the bill upon the adoption of the committee report on the proposed law, following a public hearing held on June 5, 2018.
Sections 68 to 72 are some of the amendments to the Principal Act. Section 68 states, “estimated billing methodology is hereby prohibited in Nigeria.
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