The protracted electricity metering crisis in Nigeria has taken a fresh turn with an ongoing standoff between the Federal Government and Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). This friction over meter installation has left millions of unmetered consumers trapped in a cycle of "arbitrary" estimated billing. The $500 Million Metering Dispute At the heart of the dispute …
Nigeria's electricity distribution companies (DisCos) recorded a loss of ₦60.65 billion in revenue in November 2025, reflecting ongoing collection challenges. This was disclosed in a report released by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The NERC’s Factsheet, which contains the commercial performance data of the DisCos for November 2025 show that ₦269.43 billion was total …
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies (DisCos) recorded a total of ₦653.19 billion in losses in their revenue collections over 12 months. This is even as electricity billing rose by 12.9 per cent from ₦466.69 billion in the third quarter of 2024 to ₦706.61 billion in the same period of 2025. Quarterly reports released by the Nigerian …
