The Director General of the Bayelsa State Electricity Regulatory Agency (BYERA), Rosalyn Dressman says the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) will not be in charge of the 60 megawatts gas powered Turbines newly constructed by the state government.
The director general disclose this on Wednesday during a stakeholders meeting held in Yenagoa with electricity consumers, distributors and other stakeholders of the power subsector.
It is no longer news that President Ahmed Bola Tinubu will due Bayelsa state on Friday to commission the power plant project alongside 630-miletre Angiama-Oporoma bridge.
There have been speculations in some quarters that the independent electricity would be managed by the PHEDC on behalf of the state government.
Dressman pointed that the stakeholders meeting was to introduce the framework of the new electricity market system as it regards consumer-provider relationship.
Fielding questions from newsmen on who to manage the billing system, the director general said “I can assure you, it is not going to be PHEDC. There will be the next forum in the next two to three weeks; everything will become clearer. By that time l can answer that question to everyone.”
Stating that estimated billing has become a thing of the past, the DG assured that every home would be metered to ensure that consumers pay for only what they consumed.
“I am using this medium to beg on the people of Bayelsa state, please pay for your services. That way you will get even better services,” she added.
Also speaking, the chairman of the Bayelsa State electricity regulatory agency, Austin Adigio said when the gas fired power plant came fully on stream, it would be open to all licenced power distributing companies buy and distribute to residents.
