‘Ikeja Electric to distribute 2,000 smart metres’

The Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) said yesterday that it would begin the distribution of 2, 000 units of smart metres at the end of this month under its pilot scheme.

 Its Assistant General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Pekun Adeyanju, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that another batch of 5,000 metres would be installed in July.

 The equipment, he said, is a new technology in power consumption measurement that ensures regular interface between electricity providers and consumers, adding that it is both pre-paid and post-paid.

 Adeyanju said: “Ikeja Electric will distribute 2, 000 units of smart metres by the end of June and another 5,000 units in July under the pilot scheme. Consumers who engage in illegalities such as bypassing the metres in their homes will be checkmated by the smart metres.”

Adeyanju said the company had invested about N20 billion in the smart metre technology to boost its services.

 The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) also said it had installed 5,400 units of smart metres between April and June.

 “We have installed 5,400 smart metres within the zone in the last three months,’’ Mr Godwin Idemudia, an Assistant General Manager, Public Affairs, said yesterday.

 He urged customers to apply for the metres under the company’s Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation (CAPMI) scheme.

 He said they would be made available within 45 days after payment.

 He said one-phase smart metre costs N39, 650, while three-phase metre costs N68, 906.

 Idemudia said the new metre would address all the problems associated with metering.

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