Enugu, July 21, 2025 – The Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC) has reduced its tariff for Band A customers from N209/kWh (per kilowatt) to N160 kWh effective from August 1, 2025.
It gave the directive at the weekend through its Order No. EERC/2025/003 titled “Tariff Order for MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited 2025”.
It said the new decision was cost-reflective as tariff must reflect the power generation subsidy by the Federal Government for the benefit of electricity consumers.
The EERC predicated its action on the Enugu State Electricity Law 2023 which empowers the Commission to regulate activities of operators in power generation, transmission, and distribution in and exclusively for the state.
The law, signed by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State in September 2023, is pursuant to the 2023 Constitutional Amendment, which firmly established the legislative authority of the states on electricity matters within their states.
This was followed by the passage of the Electricity Act 2023 that repealed the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005, introducing major changes such as the separation of distribution and supply operations, empowering states to regulate their electricity markets.
Chijioke Okonkwo, the EERC Chairman, said that the reduction in tariff became imperative following the Commission’s review of MainPower’s tariff and licence applications as the new Subsidiary Company (SubCo) that operates in Enugu State.
“We reviewed their entire costs, using our Tariff Methodology Regulations 2024, and the supporting Distribution Tariff Model to get an average price of N94.
“The price is low because the Federal Government has been subsidising electricity generation cost, which charges only N45 out of the actual cost of N112.
“That was how we came about the average tariff of N94 as a reflective tariff at our level as a subnational electricity market.
“Breaking this across the various tariff bands means that Band A will be paying N160 while other Bands B, C, D, and E are frozen,” he said.
