Nigeria’s national metering rate rose to 63.10% by the end of August 2026, up from 62.37% in July, according to the latest Factsheet from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
The July and August 2026 Metering Status of Distribution Companies (DisCos) report released by NERC on Wednesday, shows that 8,045,565 of the 12,749,789 active customers across all DisCos are now metered.
In July, the figures stood at 7,903,819 metered customers out of 12,671,795 active customers.
DisCos metered 141,746 additional customers in August, lower than the 159,980 recorded in July.
Eko, Ikeja and Abuja DisCos posted the highest metering rates in August. Eko led with 89.64%, followed by Ikeja at 87.74% and Abuja at 82.62%.
Ikeja’s rate slipped slightly from 87.90% in July, while Eko and Abuja improved from 89.30% and 82.04% respectively.
Port Harcourt DisCo was the only other company to cross the 70% mark, reaching 71.00% in August from 69.61% a month earlier.
It also recorded the largest number of newly metered customers in the month at 26,556, ahead of Ibadan with 28,381 and Benin with 21,783 among the other top performers by volume.
Ibadan, in fact, led the month with 28,381 new meters, followed by Port Harcourt and Benin.
Benin (64.41%) and Ibadan (59.23%) also recorded gains, while Enugu moved to 52.40%. At the lower end, Kaduna reached 42.32%, Kano 42.84%, Jos 37.60% and Yola 39.15%, all still below the 50% threshold.
Under NERC’s classification, a metering rate below 50% is rated red, 50% to 69% amber, and 70% and above green. Active customers are defined as those vended or billed at least once within a 12-month period.
