Togo And Benin Owing Nigeria $14m For Electricity Bill

None of the four international bilateral customers. Being supplied by the power generation companies in the Nigerian electricity supply industry.

Has made payment against the cumulative invoice of $14.19m. issued by the market operator for services rendered in the first quarter of 2024.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission revealed this in a report.

The foreign companies are Para-SBEE in Benin Republic owing about $3.15m.

Transcorp-SBEE in Benin, $4.46m.

Mainstream-NIGELEC in Togo, $1.21m.

Odukpani-CEET in Togo ($5.36m).

NERC added that no remittances were made by bilateral customers within the country.

Against the cumulative invoice of N1.86m issued to them by the market operator for services rendered in Q1 2024.

It, however, noted that some bilateral customers both local and international customers. Has made payments during the quarter for outstanding Market Operator invoices from previous quarters.

The report stated: “cumulatively, a total of $5.96m was paid by two international customers. Similarly, the market operator received N505.71m from eight local bilateral customers as payment towards debts that were incurred pre-2024/Q1.”

So the commission said it was expecting the market operator to invoke the provisions of the market rules to curtail what it called the payment indiscipline. Because it is being exhibited by local and international bilateral customers.

In May, it was reported that international consumers failed to remit about $51.26m to Nigeria. This is for the electricity exported from Nigeria to power users in 2023.

So the Federal Government revealed this in the industry data showing the non-remittances by consumers.

Also, the bilateral power consumers did not remit about N7.61bn to the Nigerian power sector in 2023.

NERC condemned the development. This they described as payment indiscipline that must be curtailed by the Market Operator, an arm of the TCN, which is the firm in charge of Nigeria’s power export.

An analysis of the government’s industry data indicated that the international consumers failed to remit $16.11m, $11.97m, $11.16m, and $12.02m to Nigeria for the electricity exported to them in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of 2023, respectively.