Port Harcourt Disco has been ranked first in safety compliance category for the month of May as the federal government commences rating of operators in the sector.
The rating follows spate of electrocutions as recently reported on locations in Eko and Abuja DISCOs
This also tops the agenda.key issues that were deliberated at the monthly sectorial meetings which held at Shiroro Hydroelectric Plant, in Niger State, during
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola had directed Nigerian Electricity Management Services (NEMSA), Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader, (NBET), and the Market Operator (TCN/ MO) to implement ranking criteria in order to assess the safety and payment performance of Distribution Companies (DISCOs).
He is of the opinion that they should embark on system upgrade to reduce or totally eliminate this hazard, thereby reducing the incidence of electrocution and other related accidents.
In order to assist Discos with the upgrade plans, the Minister directed them to take ownership of abandoned transformers and sub- stations in their domain to help them to energize their networks, thereby increasing availability of power supply to households.
Owing to obvious constraints, the ranking for payment performance will commence in June, hence the full ranking for metering loss reduction and service delivery will be made public in July, 2016.
It would be recalled that the Minister, on assumption of duty, instituted the Regular/ Monthly Operators in the Electricity Industry’s Meeting premised on a hands on approach to identifying, discussing and finding practical solutions to challenges confronting the industry, not from the comfort of his office but on the field by criss- crossing sectors’ facilities and sites nationwide.
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