Nigeria’s nationwide electrical energy metering charge has risen to 56.07% as of October 2025, marking a gradual enchancment in closing the nation’s longstanding metering hole.
That is in response to the newest Metering Factsheet launched by the Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee (NERC).
The September–October 2025 information supplies an up to date snapshot of customer metering efficiency throughout the 11 electrical energy distribution corporations (DisCos), revealing each encouraging progress and ongoing challenges.
Month-by-month breakdown
In September 2025, NERC information reveals that Nigeria recorded 12.03 million lively electrical energy prospects, of whom 6.66 million had been metered. Throughout that month, 80,943 further prospects acquired meters, bringing the nationwide metering charge to 55.37%.
By October 2025, in response to NERC, the variety of lively prospects had risen barely to 12.07 million, with 6.77 million of them metered.
A complete of 106,822 prospects had been newly metered in October, pushing the nationwide metering charge to 56.07% and reflecting regular month-on-month enchancment, NERC famous.
In line with NERC, the October information point out a major acceleration in metering, with greater than 25,000 further prospects metered in comparison with September.
DisCo-by-DisCo Efficiency
The up to date factsheet reveals various ranges of progress among the many electrical energy distribution corporations. Aba Energy Distribution Firm recorded one of the crucial notable enhancements, elevating its metering charge from 69.49% in September to 78.20% in October.
Eko DisCo and Ikeja Electrical maintained their lead because the top-performing utilities, every sustaining metering charges above 84%. Abuja and Ibadan DisCos additionally made regular beneficial properties, a growth NERC attributes to higher rollout methods and improved customer onboarding.
Nevertheless, a number of DisCos proceed to lag behind. Enugu, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, and Yola — all with metering charges under 50% — are nonetheless metering new prospects, however NERC cautioned {that a} a lot sooner rollout is required if they’re to shut the widening hole.
NERC defined that the publication of the metering factsheet is meant to advertise transparency and make sure that prospects stay knowledgeable in regards to the progress being made in Nigeria’s electrical energy market.
What you need to know
Earlier, NERC introduced that the full variety of lively prospects throughout all eleven DisCos elevated from 11.89 million in July to 11.96 million in August 2025.
NERC said that the improved metering figures replicate ongoing reforms and investments in customer administration by DisCos, geared toward enhancing billing transparency and client belief.
Additionally, the regulator reported that DisCos achieved 86% billing effectivity for the month of September.
In line with the regulator, DisCos acquired vitality valued at N279.45 billion, out of which N241.54 billion was efficiently billed to prospects.
In line with NERC’s Q2 2025 report, of the full meters put in, 147,823 models (65.52%) had been deployed underneath the Meter Asset Supplier (MAP) framework, 65,315 meters underneath the Meter Acquisition Fund (MAF) scheme, 12,259 meters by means of the Vendor Financed framework, and 234 meters had been put in underneath the DisCo Financed scheme.
Regardless of this progress, NERC famous that as of June 2025, solely 6,422,933 out of the 11,821,194 lively registered prospects within the Nigerian Electrical energy Provide Trade (NESI) had been metered.
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