Some state governments in the Southeast have embarked on ways to get alternative sources of electricity supply following the incessant collapse of the national grid.
According to reports the national grid has collapsed no fewer than seven times between January and October, 2024, a situation worrisome to electricity consumers and the nation at large.
Newsmen survey on the development showed that customers have continued to groan over constant grid collapse and epileptic power supply in spite of paying more for electricity services.
Most of the customers within Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States, who have been “systematically” moved to Band-A without their consent, are pushing for the reverse to the former band as they complain of “not getting value for money”.
An Enugu-based small-scale industrialist, Chimezie Nwafor, said that within the past month, it had been difficult to run his factory at maximum capacity as most of his machinery required voltage of power directly from electricity.
Nwafor noted that he welcomed the 24-hour uninterrupted power, simply called Band-A, but “it is now a regret that the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) and the Federal Government regulatory body failed to live up to what they assured”.
