Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria installed a combined total of 241,590 new meters in January and February 2026, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) monthly metering fact sheet.

This is also as the commission noted that a total of five million electricity consumers remained unmetered and exposed to estimated billing by the DisCos across the country.

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According to the NERC report, the distribution companies also metered 119,792 customers in January and 121,798 in February.

“As a result, the total number of metered customers rose from 7,086,376 in January to 7,208,174 in February. The national metering rate increased slightly from 57.93 per cent to 58.57 per cent during the period.

“Total active electricity customers grew from 12, 232,130 million to 12, 307, 314 million. Despite the progress, more than five million customers still remain unmetered and face estimated billing,” the report read.

A breakdown of the NERC report further showed that the Eko Electricity Distribution Company recorded the highest metering rate at 87.62 per cent in February, while Ikeja Electric followed with 87.16 per cent.

“Abuja DisCo stood at 79.37 per cent. Port Harcourt DisCo also stayed above the national average at 66.36 per cent.

“Benin DisCo led in new installations with 51,570 meters over the two months.”

Meanwhile, the NERC noted that northern DisCos continued to lag behind in installation of meters to customers.

“Kano DisCo installed only 310 meters despite having nearly 800,000 active customers. Yola and Jos DisCos also recorded low metering rates,” the report read.