Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies (DisCos) installed 357,495 electricity meters in the first quarter of 2026.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) made this known in its First Quarter 2026 Report.
The figure represents the highest deployment recorded in the past five quarters.
The increase was largely driven by the Federal Government’s Distribution Sector Recovery Program (DISREP), which accounted for more than one-third of all meter installations during the quarter.
NERC reported that 357,495 end-user customers were metered across the 11 electricity distribution companies during the first quarter of 2026.
Benin and Abuja DisCos recorded the highest number of meter installations, accounting for 20.35% and 14.08% of total deployments, respectively.
Meter installations increased by 10.38% from 323,864 recorded in the fourth quarter of 2025, with eight DisCos posting improvements during the period. Kaduna DisCo recorded the highest increase of 119.53%, while Kano, Enugu and Abuja DisCos recorded declines of 94.81%, 89.48% and 10.42%, respectively.
Of the total meters installed, 129,224 (36.14%) were deployed under the Distribution Sector Recovery Program (DISREP), 118,681 (33.19%) under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme, 97,992 (27.41%) through the Meter Acquisition Fund (MAF), 10,589 (2.96%) under the DisCo-financed framework and 1,009 (0.28%) under the Vendor-financed framework.
The regulator noted that DISREP has become the largest metering intervention in the sector, significantly accelerating meter deployment across electricity distribution companies.
