Ibadan DisCo, others metered over 301,726 customers in two months, says NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said electricity distribution companies (DisCos) metered 301,726 customers in July and August 2026.

According to the commission’s metering status factsheet for the two months, DisCos metered 159,980 customers in July and 141,746 in August.

The number of metered customers rose from 7.9 million in July to 8.04 million in August, while active customers increased from 12.67 million to 12.74 million.

NERC said the national metering rate increased from 62.37 percent in July to 63.10 percent in August.

A breakdown of the figures showed that Benin DisCo metered the highest number of customers in July, with 35,693, followed by Ibadan DisCo with 34,791 and Abuja DisCo with 19,400.

In August, Ibadan DisCo recorded the highest number of newly metered customers, with 28,381, followed by Port Harcourt DisCo with 26,556 and Benin DisCo with 21,783.

Eko DisCo recorded the highest metering rate at 89.30 percent in July, followed by Ikeja DisCo at 87.9 percent and Abuja DisCo at 82.04 percent.

Jos DisCo had the lowest metering rate at 37.60 percent, followed by Yola DisCo at 37.76 percent and Kaduna DisCo at 41.30 percent.

In August, Eko DisCo retained the highest metering rate at 89.64 percent, followed by Ikeja DisCo at 87.74 percent and Abuja DisCo at 82.62 percent.

Jos DisCo had the lowest metering rate in August at 37.60 percent, followed by Yola DisCo at 39.15 percent and Kaduna DisCo at 42.32 percent.