Power Holding Company of Nigeria

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The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (abbreviated PHC or PHCN), formerly the National Electric Power Authority (abbreviated NEPA) is an organisation governing the use of electricity in Nigeria. The company runs a football team, NEPA Lagos.

1 History
2 Local distribution companies
3 Payment of bills
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

In the early 1960s the Niger Dam Authorities (NDA) and Electricity Cooperation amalgamated to form the Electricity Cooperation of Nigeria (ECN). Then, immediately after the Nigerian civil war the management of ECN changed its nomenclature to NEPA. What is currently called the Power Holding Company of Nigeria was formally known as National Electric Power Authority.

For several years despite consistent perceived cash investment by the Federal Government, power outages have been the standard for the Nigerian populace, and are now seen as normal by the citizens of the country.

[edit] Local distribution companies

The government has divided the current PHCN distribution sector into separate companies or entities that will be called Local Electric Distribution Companies or Local Distribution Companies (LDC) among the regions.

[edit] Payment of bills

The sample consists of the procedures enrolled in payment of bills by way of banks. The Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has made settling customers monthly electricity bills easier, hence the introduction of the bank revenue collection system to complement the operations of the cash offices in PHCN premises. This program is to facilitate prompt and regular settlement of the PHCN’s monthly bills, as customers are no longer expected to travel far outside their immediate neighborhoods to settle PHCN Bills. ^[1]