DisCos Generate N1.10trn Revenue in Six Months

The 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) collected N1.101trn as revenue from their customers in the first six months of 2025, analysis of the month factsheet of DisCos has shown.

The factsheet which is produced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this is from the total N1.486trn worth of the electricity the DisCos billed their customers.

This means that the customers failed to pay N385.43bn for electricity delivered to them.

Analysis showed that Eko Electricity Distribution (EKEDC) made the highest revenue of N207.14bn from the N244.08bn it billed its customers. This is followed by Ikeja Electric with N193.46bn from the N256.74bn it billed its customers and the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) with N176.81bn from the N225.92bn it billed its customers.

Others include the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) with N122.81bn from N160.52bn it gave its customer while the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) collected N103.92bn from the N125.3bn it issued out. Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) followed with the collection of N90.51 from the N113.74bn bill it gave out.

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) was able to recover N76.73bn from the N118.53bn it gave out while Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KedCo) collected N54.55bn from the N87.49bn it billed its customers and Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) collected N33.37bn from the N73.37bn it asked its customers to pay.

Kaduna Electric was able to get N24.38bn from the N50.4bn it issued out and Yobe Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) got N17.49bn from the N30.51bn it gave out.

Analysis on monthly collections showed the DisCos collected more revenue in the month of May with N188.46bn followed by February with N188.3bn then March with N185.48bn.

In April, they collected N184.07bn, N178.66bn in June and N176.2bn in January.