The Federal Government in collaboration with NEMSA, said the electricity meter upgrade process that is been done by power Distribution Companies Discos, would not affect the already loaded credit units balance in the meters of the users.

This was made known via a statement issued on Sunday, 3rd September, 2023 in Abuja by the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), with emphasis that it would ensure that all electricity meters and instruments deployed in the sector are of the best standard.

“Let me assure all electricity customers that they have nothing to fear as the meter upgrade process will not affect the credit unit balance on their meters. The credit balance will remain intact after the upgrade.

“They are also to note that meter upgrade is a one-time process. Subsequent energy token purchases will continue as usual after the upgrade has been completed,” the Managing Director, NEMSA, Aliyu Tahir, stated in the statement.

Tahir made this public while commenting on the issue of Standard Transfer Specification for the upgrade of prepaid by utilizing the Token Identifier (TID) rollover, which is set for implementation by the power distributors in Nigeria.

This is coming few weeks after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission advised prepaid meter users to upgrade their meters before November next year to avoid losing the meters.

Tahir further explained that in order to overcome the TID rollover occurrence, all meters would require key change tokens with the rollover bit set, which would be provided by the Discos.