Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) collected N220.93bn out of the N261.10bn billed to customers in August 2026, leaving N40.17bn uncollected,
according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
According to the August factsheet on the commercial performance of DisCos
released by NERC on Thursday, the figure represents a collection efficiency of 84.62 per cent, an improvement of 2.66 percentage points compared with July 2026.
The factsheet also showed that the 11 DisCos received energy valued at N346.49bn during the month but billed customers N261.10bn, translating to a billing efficiency of 75.36 per cent.
During the period, NERC said billing efficiency rose by 0.26 percentage points from the preceding month.
A breakdown of the figures shows that the Eja Electricity Distribution Company recorded the highest collection efficiency at 97.52 per cent, followed by Eko DisCo with 96.36 per cent.
Abuja DisCo recorded a collection efficiency of 91.91 per cent, while Port Harcourt achieved 84.85 per cent.
Benin recorded 85.98 per cent, while Enugu and Ibadan posted 77.24 per cent and 77.19 per cent, respectively.
Yola recorded a collection efficiency of 77.13 per cent, while Kano and Jos achieved 60.31 per cent and 61.98 per cent, respectively.
Kaduna DisCo recorded the lowest collection efficiency at 55.44 per cent.
On billing performance, Eko led with 84.49 per cent, followed by Kano at 82.24 per cent and Port Harcourt at 80.22 per cent.
Kaduna also recorded the lowest billing efficiency at 60.92 per cent, followed by Yola at 64.04 per cent and Jos at 66.47 per cent.
The factsheet further showed that the average allowed tariff across the DisCos stood at N130.15 per kilowatt-hour, while the actual average collection was N101.03 per kilowatt-hour.
This translated to a revenue recovery efficiency of 77.63 per cent, representing an improvement of 2.71 percentage points compared with July.
Eko recorded the highest revenue recovery efficiency at 96.29 per cent, followed by Ikeja at 84.22 per cent and Abuja at 83.63 per cent.
Kaduna recorded the lowest recovery efficiency at 41.90 per cent, followed by Jos at 52.80 per cent and Kano at 60.98 per cent.
The commission’s factsheet showed that overall revenue collection efficiency improved by 2.66 percentage points in August, while revenue recovery efficiency rose by 2.71 percentage points compared with the previous month.
