The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has disclosed that a total of 148,077 electricity customers were metered across the country in May and June 2025. According to the commission’s factsheet on the Metering Status of Distribution Companies released on Wednesday, 63,180 customers were metered in May, while 84,897 were metered in June.
This brought the total number of metered customers nationwide to 6,422,933 as of June 2025, representing a slight increase in the national metering rate from 53.78% in May to 54.33% in June. The NERC data showed that the country’s total active electricity customers rose marginally from 11,784,842 in May to 11,821,194 in June.
By performance, Ikeja DisCo recorded the highest metering rate at 84.65%, followed by Eko at 83.33% and Abuja at 73.06%. At the bottom, Yola had the lowest metering rate at 28.55 per cent, with Jos and Kaduna standing at 29.51 per cent and 33.46 per cent, respectively. The report also highlighted Aba DisCo as the most improved, with its metering rate rising from 37.88 per cent in May to 45.17 per cent in June, after installing 12,376 new meters. Benin DisCo also crossed into the 50 per cent mark, increasing from 49.95 per cent to 50.33 per cent within the same period, according to NERC’s figures.
In the commission’s various quarterly reports, metering has remained one of the dominant causes of customer dissatisfaction, along with billing issues and service interruptions.