Installation Of Meters: JEDC Warns Electricity Consumers

There is a vital information for electricity consumers within the jurisdiction of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) on installation of meters.

They have been cautioned not to pay for installation of prepaid meters.

The management of the company which gave this caution, said any body doing so was doing it at own cost and not as a requirement by the organisation.

JEDC is therefore warning customers within its network coverage in Bauchi, Gombe, Benue and Plateau  not to make any form of payment for the installation as it was free of charge.

JEDC’s Meter Asset Provider (MAP) desk officer Mr Nasir Faskari, made this clarification while speaking with NAN.

He urged customers to report any of its personnel who asked for fees for installation of the prepaid meter.

Stating that the process of acquiring a meter with the company, entailed the opening of an account to register the client’s details, he added:

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“The procedure for acquiring meters doesn’t exceed 24 hours and it’s also free of charge.”

According to him, the client is meant to have the form filled and stamped by a licensed electrical contractor who wired the house to certify that the wiring of the house or structure is up to standard.

Faskari said that after the acquisition of the account with the company, the client is to subscribe to the Meter Asset Provider (MAP), a programme initiated by the Federal Government for customers who want to acquire meters.

The officer said that a customer obtaining a single-phased meter would pay N 88,000 only, while a customer acquiring a three-phased meter was expected to pay N154,000 only.

According to him, the company remained proactive on the issue of installation of meters,

According to him, this it does by ensuring that the customer gets the prepaid meter within three days after making payment as they are readily available.

He explained that the government had mandated the company to pay the customers for the meter, however, the company doesn’t give the clients the cash.

“We give the cash to customers in the form of free energy tokens once every month, the customer vends until the N88,000 or N 154,000 is exhausted.”

Faskari stated that in the eventuality the meters and vending monitors purchased under the MAP scheme got spoilt from no fault of the customer, and fell within the warranty period, the customer would have the meter or monitor replaced immediately at no cost.

The officer disclosed that the meters had a warranty of 10 to 12 years.