The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that electricity distribution companies (DisCos) collected a total revenue of N196.68bn, in February 2026 for electricity, representing a decline of 3.94 per cent compared to January.”
It, however, stated that “collection efficiency improved to 81.17 per cent, up by 4.84 percentage points, indicating better conversion of billed energy into cash collections.” NERC in the report published on the official X handle of the commission yesterday, stated that total energy received by the 11 DisCos rose to N277.09 billion in February, representing a 17.64 per cent increase from January’s N235.53 billion.
It explained that total energy received by all DisCos stood at N277.09 billion, representing an increase of 17.64 per cent compared to January 2026. It said: “Despite receiving more energy, the DisCos billed only N242.29 billion, a 9.66 per cent drop from January’s estimated N268.08 billion, pointing to continued gaps in energy accounting and customer enumeration.
“Billing efficiency improved to 87.44 per cent, up 7.72 percentage points from 79.72 per cent in January, suggesting better conversion of energy received into invoices, even as total billings declined. “Billing efficiency increased to 87.44 per cent, reflecting a 7.72 percentage point improvement over the previous month.” NERC said that “the actual average collection per kilowatt-hour increased to N100.27, representing a 16.64 per cent improvement compared to January 2026.”
It added that this pushed recovery performance upward, adding that “overall revenue recovery efficiency rose to 80.67 per cent, an increase of 11.51 percentage points month-on-month.” According to it, the allowed average tariff for the period was N124.30/ kWh, indicating that a gap still exists between cost-reflective tariffs and actual collections.
According to the data from the Commission, “Eko, Kano, and Abuja DisCos recorded the highest billing efficiencies at 97.20 per cent, 99.04 per cent, and 93.70 per cent, respectively. The record showed that, conversely, “Yola and Kaduna DisCos recorded the lowest billing efficiencies at 66.09 per cent and 72.46 per cent respectively.”
NERC stated that on collections, Eko DisCo led with 94.12 per cent collection efficiency, followed by Abuja at 89.28 per cent, while Kaduna DisCo recorded the lowest collection efficiency at 49.27 per cent.” It added that in terms of cost recovery, “Eko DisCo achieved a recovery efficiency of 100.67 per cent, exceeding the allowed tariff benchmark,” while “Kaduna DisCo recorded the weakest recovery performance at 41.20 per cent.”
