DisCos Meter 70,888 Customers in August – NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says Electricity Distribution Companies metered 70,888 customers in August 2025.

This was contained in the Commission’s Metering Factsheet for July and August 2025, released on Monday in Abuja.

According to the data, the August figure represents a slight drop from the 76,783 customers metered in July, but reflects continued progress in metering across the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).

The factsheet also showed that the total number of active customers served by the DisCos rose from 11.89 million in July to 11.96 million in August. Of this number, 6.58 million customers were metered, representing a metering rate of 55.01 per cent, up from 54.71 per cent in the previous month.

The Commission listed the top-performing DisCos in terms of metering as Ikeja Electric with 84.83 per cent, Eko DisCo with 84.25 per cent, and Abuja DisCo with 73.92 per cent.

NERC noted that the improved metering levels are helping to gradually close the national metering gap and enhance transparency and billing accuracy for electricity consumers.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NERC recently approved N28 billion for DisCos to procure and install meters for unmetered Band A and Band B customers under Tranche B of the Meter Asset Financing scheme. The intervention is expected to fast-track the metering of the remaining Band A customers and accelerate metering for Band B users within their respective franchise areas.