Nigeria, July 26 -- Adetayo Adegbemle is the executive director and convener of PowerUp Nigeria, an electricity consumer rights and power sector policy advocacy organisation. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES' Business, Energy and Economy Editor, Oladeinde Olawoyin, he spoke on the recent decision by the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC) to reduce electricity tariffs, the decentralisation of the electricity industry, the metering gap in the sector, and how to address the power crisis.

PT: First off, what's your take on the recent resolve of the Enugu Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC) to reduce electricity tariffs for Band A customers in Enugu state?

Mr Adegbemle: I think it is beyond EERC to set the tariff w...