Nigeria is beset with electricity challenges that do not appear to have an end in sight. So we fall back on inverters and generating sets to get us through life. Even with these unfortunate circumstances, there is a proposal by power distribution companies to increase the electricity tariff by 200%.  Dolapo Oni, the Head Energy Research at Ecobank Group, shares his thoughts on the potential effect of such an increase.

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1/ Random thoughts on the cost of your generator power before we discuss the 200% increase in tariff, just for perspective sake.

— Dolapo Oni (@Dolarpo) October 24, 2016

I think you should say 'It should not' because it can be where the grid power is inefficient and…

— Dolapo Oni (@Dolarpo) October 24, 2016

…you're being made to pay for the inefficiency because govt didn't fix them before privatizing

— Dolapo Oni (@Dolarpo) October 24, 2016

worth asking if we observe this sort of thing anywhere else in Nigeria. There should be more egs…

— gidimeister (@gidimeister) October 24, 2016

of situations which should have scale efficiencies but, for whatever reason, they fail to materialise.

— gidimeister (@gidimeister) October 24, 2016

Chai.