BEDC begins service reflective tariff in July

Ben in electricity distribution Company( bedc) electricity pl chas said it will commence a new service reflective tariff structure effective from july 1, 2020, as part of an effort to ensure improved service to customers.

The introduction of the new tariff is based on the feedback from customer consultations conducted earlier in the year on proposed tariff review, BEDC said in a statement by the management at the weekend in benin, the Edo State capital.

The BEDC management, in the statement, assured customers of appropriate rates for services rendered in a service reflective tariff regime that will guarantee power availability to end-users for a stated minimum of hours.

“Under this new tariff structure, customers are to be disaggregated into various tariff bands based on this guaranteed hours of service with those with more power paying more than those with less power. The new tariff regime also provides that customers can move to upper bands of more power availability as their quality of service improves,” the statement added.

“To operationalise the new service dispensation, and subject to the finalisation of the process with the regulators, customers will be separated into various clusters using number of hours of daily availability as a measure to determine the tariff rates.

“The existing operating method of Load Management Schedule shall be rearranged to take cognizance of this new Service Based Tariff structure as we seek to match service delivery with appropriate tariff and payment of bills,” BEDC management said.