The Federal Government is gradually closing in on the set national metering target of 6,966,584 meters, as a total of 677,942 new meters were added to installations by the 11 electricity distribution companies within one year.
The development has increased the national metering rate to 57.27 per cent. Data released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the development showed that 109,556 customers were newly metered in December alone, up from 88,592 recorded in November. The data factsheet disclosed that the number of metered customers in Nigeria’s power sector moved closer to the metering target for the first time, rising to 6,966,584 as of December 2025.
This represents an increase of 677,942 meters within the 12 months of 2025, compared to 6,288,642 metered customers recorded in December 2024 – a 10.78 per cent boost in year-on-year growth in metered customers. The national metering rate also improved significantly from 46.57 per cent in December 2024 to 57.27 per cent in December 2025, an increase of 10.7 percentage points.
Meter installations equally rose from 572,055 end-use customer meters deployed in 2024 to 677,942 in 2025, indicating an additional 105,887 meters installed year-on-year, an 18.51 per cent increase in annual installations.
