DisCos install 228,614 metres in Q3, 2025 – NERC

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) installed 228,614 metres in the third quarter of 2025.

The commission said this in its third quarter report posted on its website in Abuja on Tuesday.

The report said that the figure represented an increase of 0.73 per cent compared to the 226,959 metres installed in the second quarter of 2025.

According to the report, during the quarter under review, 176,302 metres representing 77.12 per cent of the total installations were installed under the Metre Assert Provider framework.

It also said that 44,104 metres, representing 25.01 per cent of the installation, were installed under the Vendor Financed framework while 7,902 metres, representing 3.46 per cent were installed under the Distribution Sector Recovery Programme.

The report further said that 175 metres representing 0.08 per cent were installed under the Metre Acquisition Fund framework, and 131 metres representing 0.06 per cent were installed under the DisCo Financed framework.

“As of the end of Sept. 2025, 6,661,564 out of the total 12,030,315 active registered customers in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry were metred,” it said.

According to the report, to safeguard customers against exploitation due to the lack of metres, the commission has continued to issue monthly energy caps for all feeders in each DisCo.

“This sets the maximum amount of energy that may be billed to an unmetered customer for the respective month based on gross energy received by the DisCo and consumption by metred customers on their respective feeders,” he said. (NAN)