Discos Collected N220.93bn Revenue in August, Billing Efficiency Rose to 75.36%.
NERC: Discos Collected N220.93bn Revenue in August, Billing Efficiency Rose to 75.36% Abuja, Eko lead collection efficiency as Kaduna, Jos struggleDiscos recover 77.63% of allowed revenue per kilowatt-hour Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria’s electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) collected N220.93 billion from customers Abuja, Eko lead collection efficiency as Kaduna, Jos struggle Discos recover 77.63% of allowed revenue per kilowatt-hour Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria’s electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) collected N220.93 billion from customers in August 2026, representing a 7.49 per cent increase over the previous month, as their revenue collection efficiency rose to 84.62 per cent, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
The commission’s August 2026 factsheet on the commercial performance of the 11 Discos showed that total billings stood at N261.10 billion, leaving N40.17 billion uncollected during the month.
The collection performance, which improved by 2.66 percentage points from July, indicated that the distribution companies collected about 84.62 per cent of the amount billed to customers.
the figures also showed significant differences in the ability of the individual Discos to collect revenue, with Abuja, Eko and Ikeja recording relatively strong performances, while Kaduna, Jos and Kano continued to struggle. Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) recorded the highest collection efficiency at 91.91 per cent, collecting N37.57 billion out of N40.88 billion billed to customers. Its performance improved by 10.89 percentage points compared with July. Despite their strong performances, Eko and Ikeja recorded declines of 5.42 and 9.67 percentage points, respectively, in collection efficiency compared with July.
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