A report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has shown that electricity consumers in the country owe the Distribution Companies (DisCos) up to N54 billion for power consumed in February this year.
In its Factsheet for February, NERC disclosed that the 12 Discos were able to recover N191.75 billion out of the N245.93 billion total billings.
This represents 77.9 per cent collection efficiency and a 6.56 per cent increase compared to January 2025.
The NERC also disclosed that 2,583.19 gigawatt-hours was the total energy received in February, while 2,137 GWh was the total energy billed. This represents a billing efficiency of 82.73 per cent and an increase of 1.81 per cent month-on-month.
Similarly, the allowed average tariff was N116.18 per kilowatt-hour, but the Discos were able to collect an average of N88.21 per kWh, being a 75.9 per cent recovery efficiency. It is 10.5 per cent higher than that of January.
The Factsheet also showed that Aba Power has the highest allowed tariff of N200.88 per kWh, but its actual average collection for the month was N127.58/kWh.
The utility company had N6.44 billion in total billings but was able to collect N3.47 billion, representing 53.90 per cent collection efficiency, the lowest for the month.
It was noted that Abuja Disco had the highest collection efficiency of 89.03 per cent, having recovered N31.7 billion of the N35.67 billion billed in February. Eko Disco followed Abuja with a collection efficiency of 88.76 per cent. EKEDC recovered N36.6 billion of the N41.24 billion billed.
Similarly, Enugu Disco had total billings of N17.95 billion but collected N15.88 billion from its customers, representing 88.47 per cent collection efficiency.
Ibadan Disco, operating in seven states, billed its customers N26.88 billion and collected N19.28 billion, which was 71.72 per cent. Ikeja had N41.18 billings but recovered N33.35 billion from customers, having an 81 per cent collection rate.
