Archives January 2023

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) which is the watchdog and regulator within the electricity sector on Tuesday the 10^th of January, 2023 released the quarter 1 (Q1) of 2022 industry report which highlighted the industry’s operational and commercial performance as well as other issues relating to metering, consumer complaints and resolution. It should be noted that although the report was posted on the 5^th January, 2022 to the official website of NERC read more

All transmission lines seen have no neutral line what is mostly seen is usually a 3-wire system (the red, yellow and blue phase) but on the distribution line a fourth wire is seen which is the neutral line.

This essentially is because at the generating station, the output is connected to a Delta-Star transformer or sometimes a Delta-Delta transformer where the HV side is connected to the Delta that requires only 3-wires which are connected in such a way that the voltages are symmetrical and the read more