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Eko DisCo Tops Nigeria’s Power Billing Efficiency as DisCos Bill ₦252.87bn in May 2026
Nigeria’s electricity Distribution Companies billed customers a total of ₦252.87 billion worth of energy in May 2026 out of the ₦328.95 billion worth of electricity received from the national grid, according to data attributed to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The figures put the national billing efficiency at 76.87 per cent, highlighting significant differences in the ability of the country’s 11 DisCos to convert energy received into billable electricity.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company recorded the highest billing efficiency nationwide at 90.66 per cent. The company received energy valued at ₦44.69 billion and billed ₦40.52 billion during the month.
Ikeja Electric followed with a billing efficiency of 82.86 per cent, billing ₦42.67 billion out of the ₦51.50 billion worth of energy it received. Abuja DisCo ranked third with an efficiency rate of 81.41 per cent, receiving ₦51.79 billion worth of energy and billing ₦42.16 billion.
Port Harcourt DisCo posted an efficiency rate of 80.15 per cent after receiving ₦26.27 billion worth of energy and billing ₦21.06 billion. Kano DisCo followed at 79.36 per cent, with ₦15.77 billion billed from ₦19.87 billion worth of energy received.
In the South-East, Enugu DisCo recorded a billing efficiency of 73.26 per cent, receiving ₦26.89 billion worth of electricity and billing ₦19.70 billion.
Benin DisCo recorded 69.24 per cent, billing ₦18.97 billion from ₦27.39 billion received, while Jos DisCo posted a similar performance of 69.17 per cent after billing ₦11.70 billion out of ₦16.92 billion worth of energy received.
Yola DisCo recorded a billing efficiency of 66.16 per cent, with ₦4.50 billion billed from ₦6.80 billion worth of energy received. Ibadan DisCo posted 65.30 per cent, billing ₦25.53 billion out of ₦39.11 billion.
Kaduna DisCo recorded the lowest billing efficiency among the 11 electricity distribution companies at 58.64 per cent. The company received energy valued at ₦17.48 billion but billed ₦10.25 billion.
In terms of the total value of energy received, Abuja DisCo topped the chart with ₦51.79 billion, narrowly ahead of Ikeja Electric with ₦51.50 billion. Eko DisCo ranked third with ₦44.69 billion.
The data underscores the continuing challenge facing Nigeria’s power distribution sector, where a substantial gap remains between the value of electricity supplied to DisCos and the amount eventually captured in customer billing.
With Eko DisCo converting more than 90 per cent of the energy it received into billed electricity, and Kaduna DisCo recording less than 60 per cent, the May 2026 figures reveal a wide disparity in billing performance across the country’s electricity distribution network.
Overall, the 11 DisCos received electricity valued at ₦328.95 billion and billed ₦252.87 billion, leaving a difference of about ₦76.08 billion between energy received and energy billed during the month.