Nigeria’s national electricity metering rate rose to 63.10 per cent by the end of August 2026, up from 62.37 per cent in July, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said.
NERC disclosed this in its latest metering factsheet for July & August 2026 released on Wednesday.
The July & August 2026 Metering Status of Distribution Companies (DisCos) factsheet, according to the commission, highlights continued progress in customer metering across the country.
“The national metering rate increased to 63.10 per cent by the end of August, up from 62.37 per cent in July,” NERC said.
According to the factsheet, DisCos metered 141,746 additional customers in August, compared with 159,980 metered in July.
The data showed that as of August 2026, the total number of metered customers across all DisCos reached 8,045,565 out of 12,749,789 active customers.
A breakdown of the performance indicated that Eko DisCo recorded the highest metering rate at 89.64 per cent, followed by Ikeja DisCo with 87.74 per cent and Abuja DisCo with 82.62 per cent.
This progress reflects ongoing efforts to close the country’s metering gap and improve billing accuracy.
In March 2018, the Nigerian government commenced the mass metering programme (MAP), but the distribution of meters started in 2019.
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Its objective is to end the estimated billing system and attract private investment in the provision of metering services. It also seeks to enhance revenue assurance in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) and promote local meter manufacturing in Nigeria.
In 2020, the government approved the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP).
The key objectives of the NMMP include increasing Nigeria’s metering rate and eliminating arbitrary estimated billing. It is also aimed at strengthening the meter value chain by increasing local manufacturing, assembly and deployment capacity.
The programme seeks to support Nigeria’s economic recovery by creating jobs in the local meter value chain, reducing collection losses and increasing financial flows to achieve 100 per cent market remittance obligations of DisCos.
It will further improve network monitoring capability and the availability of data for market administration and investment decision-making.
