Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says over 12.82 million electricity customers have been registered in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) as of September 30, 2023.
Gatekeepers News reports that NERC disclosed this in its latest third quarter (Q3) 2023 report.
According to the NERC, only 5,707,838 (44.51 per cent) are metered of the total registered customers.
The report said Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IEDC) has the highest number of metered customers at 1.012 million, signalling a 43 per cent metering rate.
Ikeja DisCo which followed closely behind has 887,000 metered customers (72 per cent metering rate).
Abuja DisCo has 836,000 metered end-users, which is at a 60 percent metering rate; and Benin DisCo has 639,000 metered end-users, amounting to a 50 percent metering rate.
With a metering rate of 43 per cent, Enugu DisCo has 604,000 metered clients; Port Harcourt DisCo has a metering rate of 41 per cent at 483,000 customers; and Jos Disco has a metering rate of 33 per cent at 239,000 customers.
Kano Electricity and Kaduna Electricity DisCos have 209,000 and 203,000 customers, at 24 per cent metering rates respectively.
Yola DisCo had the lowest metering rate at 19 per cent, with 118,000 customers.
NERC noted that 148,389 meters were installed for end-users across the country in the third quarter of this year.
According to the report, the figure represents a decline of 32,670 installations (18.04 per cent) compared to 181,059 meters installed in Q2 2023.
NERC said, “The new installations resulted in a 0.35pp increase in net end-user metering rate in the NESI between 2023/Q2 (44.16%) and 2023/Q3 (44.51%).
“During the quarter,147,736 meters were installed under the MAP framework while 207 meters were installed under the NMMP framework.”
The Commission added that the vendor-financed framework recorded 446-meter installations while no meter installations were recorded under the DisCo-financed framework.
