The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says the total number of active customers across all distribution companies (DisCos) increased from 11.89 million in July to 11.96 million in August 2025.

This is made known in the commission’s Metering Factsheet for July and August 2025, released on its website on Monday in Abuja.

”Out of this figure, 6.58 million customers were metered, resulting in a metering rate of 55.01 per cent, which went up slightly from 54.71 per cent recorded in July,” it said.

According to the factsheet, 70,888 customers were metered in August, compared to 76,783 in July, thus reflecting ongoing metering efforts across the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).

The factsheet listed the top-performing DisCos as Eko with 84.25 per cent, Ikeja with 84.83 per cent, and Abuja with 73.92 per cent.

It said these figures highlighted gradual progress in closing Nigeria’s metering gap and improving transparency and billing accuracy for electricity consumers.

NERC recently approved N28 billion for the DisCos to procure and install meters for unmetered Band ‘A’ and ‘B’ customers within their franchise areas.

According to NERC, the funds approved under Tranche B of the MAF scheme, aside from metering all outstanding unmetered Band A customers, are also to expedite the closure of the metering gap for customers currently classified under Tariff Band B.

(NAN)