Nigeria’s electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) collected a total of ₦205.53 billion in revenue in July 2026, according to the latest Commercial Performance Factsheet released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
The report shows that DisCos received ₦333.94 billion worth of energy during the month, representing a 5.77 percent increase from the previous period.
Of this, ₦250.79 billion was billed to customers, a 4.19 percent rise, placing billing efficiency at 75.10 percent, a slight decline of 1.14 percent.
Collection efficiency, however, improved. The ₦205.53 billion collected against total billings marked a 7.12 percent increase in revenue collected and pushed collection efficiency up by 2.25 percent to 81.95 percent.
On overall revenue recovery, the industry posted a Recovery Efficiency of 74.91 percent, up 0.67 percent from the prior month.
Against an allowed average tariff of ₦130.15 per kWh, DisCos achieved an actual average collection of ₦97.50 per kWh, a 0.90 percent improvement.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company led the pack with a Recovery Efficiency of 94.67 percent, a jump of 7.62 percent, driven by a Collection Efficiency of 101.78 percent, the only DisCo to collect more than it billed for the month.
Port Harcourt followed with 84.95 percent, while Benin placed third at 79.15 percent despite a 3.07 percent drop from the previous month.
At the other end, Kaduna recorded the lowest Recovery Efficiency at 39.71 percent, though this reflected a 2.68 percent improvement.
Kano (55.41 percent) and Jos (46.27 percent) also trailed the industry average, with Jos posting the sharpest decline among all DisCos at 5.06 percent.
Abuja DisCo billed ₦43.96 billion against ₦56.77 billion received, achieving a Billing Efficiency of 77.45 percent and collecting ₦35.62 billion, translating to a Recovery Efficiency of 76.72 percent.
Ikeja DisCo received ₦53.23 billion, billed ₦39.54 billion, and collected ₦34.73 billion, giving it a Recovery Efficiency of 76.60 percent, down 3.48 percent.
Enugu DisCo saw one of the steeper declines in Billing Efficiency, dropping 4.92 percent to 75.39 percent, with Recovery Efficiency falling 6.52 percent to 71.58 percent.
Ibadan DisCo recorded a Recovery Efficiency of 74.59 percent, a modest gain of 1.03 percent, while Yola posted the largest single improvement in actual average collection per kWh, up 20.34 percent, lifting its Recovery Efficiency to 78.24 percent.
The Factsheet underscores a mixed month for the sector: while aggregate collection and recovery figures improved industry-wide, performance gaps between top and bottom DisCos remain wide, with over 50 percentage points separating Eko’s recovery efficiency from Kaduna’s.
