The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) yesterday began the distribution of about one million prepaid meters in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers states.
Managing Director Henry Ajagbawa kicked off the distribution in Port Harcourt as part of the National Mass Metering Programme (NIMMP) launched by the Federal Government.
“The mass metering will begin in Rivers State, followed by Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Cross River until every single customer is metered. The exercise will be done in phases, and we are starting with phase zero with the deployment of 77,000 metres to homes and offices in Rivers. Thereafter, we will move to phase one of the mass metering of customers across our franchise area,” Ajagbawa said.
According to him, PHED was already discussing with its bankers and the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) to acquire hundreds of thousands of meters for the exercise.
He said the company had a metering gap of over 851,000 in its coverage states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers.
