Despite rollout of free meters, DisCos prioritised paid meters in Q3 – Report
Despite the rollout of the Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP) metering scheme and the deployment of over 1.3 million free meters to Band A customers, electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) prioritised paid meter installations under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme in the third quarter of 2025. According to the Q3 2025 report by the Nigerian […]
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Despite the rollout of the Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP) metering scheme and the deployment of over 1.3 million free meters to Band A customers, electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) prioritised paid meter installations under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme in the third quarter of 2025.
According to the Q3 2025 report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), 228,614 end-use customers were metered during the period with 176,302 (77.12%) of customers metered under MAP framework, 44,104 (25.01%) under the Vendor Financed framework, 7,902 (3.46%) were metered under the DISREP; 175 (0.08%) were metered under the Meter Acquisition Fund (MAF) and 131 (0.06%) were metered under the DisCo Financed framework.
Daily Trust reports that the MAP framework is a scheme where customers pay for meters upfront before installation but they will be reimbursed in electricity units paid by the DisCo over a period of 10 years.
FG paid N458.75bn as subsidy
It said in the absence of cost-reflective tariffs, the Federal Government paid N458.75bn as subsidy, a N55.59bn reduction when compared to Q2 (N514.35bn).
Meanwhile, the three international bilateral customers being supplied by GenCos in the period made a payment of $7.12m against the cumulative invoice of $18.69m issued by the Market Operator for services rendered, translating to a remittance performance of 38.09%.
The domestic bilateral customers made a cumulative payment of N3.19bn against the invoice of N3.64bn issued to them by the MO for services rendered in 2025/Q3, translating to 87.61% remittance performance.