Abuja (Nigeria): The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) states that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) collected a total of N564.71 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2025, out of N742.34 billion served customers.
The Commission disclosed this in its 2025 Second Quarter Report obtained from its website in Abuja on Tuesday.
The report stated that this translates to a collection efficiency of 76.07 per cent compared to the total revenue collected by all DisCos in the 2025 First Quarter.
It stated that the first-quarter revenue was N553.63 billion out of N744.26 billion billed to customers, which translates to a 74.39% collection efficiency.
“This means that at an aggregate level, DisCos recorded a 1.68 Percentage Point increase in collection efficiency between the first quarter and the second quarter of 2025,” it said.
The report also stated that during the quarter under review, Eko DisCo achieved the highest collection efficiency of 87.80%.
“Conversely, Jos DisCo recorded the lowest collection efficiency at 43.82 per cent.
” A comparison of DisCos’ performance shows that Port Harcourt, Benin, Ikeja, Ibadan, Eko and Yola DisCos recorded improvement in collection efficiency between the first quarter 2025 and the second quarter 2025.
” Conversely, the remaining five DisCos recorded declines in collection efficiency,” adding that Abuja and Jos had the most significant declines across the quarters.
