BEDC quietly increases electricity tariff by over 40% as new year welcome - Consumers groan

A recent spike in electricity tariff of BEDC  may soon pitch the residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital and its environs, against the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) as consumers under the company groan under the new tariff regime.  The new 2017 price regime of 34.40KWh per unit of electricity consumed has left alot of residents in despair. This is in contrast to about 24.45KWh per unit of electricity that was previously used. The current increase of over 40.7% in the electricity tariff took effect in January 2017.