The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) installed 225,631 meters in the second quarter of 2025.
The commission said this in its second quarter report, NAN reported.
NERC said the figure represented an increase of 20.55 per cent compared to the 187,161 meters
installed in the first quarter of 2025.
It said that during the period, 147,823 meters representing 65.52 per cent have been installed under the Meter Assert Provider framework.
While 5,315 meters have been installed under the Meter Acquisition Fund (MAF), and 12,259 others under the Vendor Financed framework.
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”As at the end of June 2025, only 6,422,933 out of the total 11,821,194 active registered customers in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) were metered, translating to a metering rate of 54.33 per cent,” it said.
The report also said that DisCos successfully resolved 1,129 complaints out of the 2,474 filed at the
NERC- Customer Complaints Unit. Adding the figure translates to a resolution rate of 45.63 per cent.
It, however, put the number of complaints received across all DisCo-CCUs at 227,267, representing a 10.67 per cent decrease compared to the 254,404 in the first quarter of 2025.
”As in previous quarters, metering, billing and service interruption were the prevalent issues of customer complaints during the quarter.” (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
