The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued an amended Order detailing new threshold of penalties for customers and Distribution Companies (DIsCos) on “Unauthorised Access, Meter ...

City Power has disconnected 120 homes for bypassing prepaid meters. The regional power utility has also issued fines worth more than R14 000 to customers who have tampered with newly installed meters ...

Despite an R10 000 fine – which must be paid first before electricity is restored – for residential users, some consumers had opted to bypass their smart meters again – forgetting that bypassing a ...

Okeke's modus operandi involved replacing original meter sensors with fake ones, enabling him to bypass the meters and prevent them from accurately recording customers' consumption. Lawrence Okeke, a ...

Eskom has welcomed the arrest of four contractor employees who were allegedly paid R10 000 by a resort owner to bypass an electricity meter. According to the power utility, the four were arrested "for ...

An ex-employee of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc, Lawrence Okeke, has been arrested for bypassing and tampering prepaid meters for the EEDC customers in Onitsha, the Anambra State ...

In a bid to curb illegal electricity connections, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced prepaid customers who have been bypassing their meters will face a penalty. To have their ...