Sept 24, 2024

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says 25,847 metres were installed under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) framework in 2023.

The commission said this on its website in its 2023 Annual Report in Abuja on Tuesday.

The report showed that Yola, Eko and Benin Electricity Distribution Company (DisCos) had the highest number of metre installations.

It showed that Yola DisCo installed 16,574 metres, Eko DisCo installed 6,324 metres and Benin DisCo installed 2,314 metres.

According to the report, Yola DisCo had 64.12 per cent, Eko DisCo recorded 24.47 per cent and Benin recorded 8.95 per cent of customers metered under the framework.

The report showed that Jos installed 529 metres, Kaduna 99 and Ibadan seven with the least recorded meter installations.

“Abuja, Enugu, Ikeja, Kano and Port Harcourt DisCos achieved 100 per cent meter installations from the meters allocated for customers within their franchise area under the framework, ”it said.

The report showed that the Metre Asset Provider (MAP) framework also accounted for a total of 585,265 meter installations in 2023.

According to the report, the increase in the number of metres installed in 2023 under the MAP framework can be attributed to the winding down of the NMMP phase zero.

“Which led DisCos to intensify metering through the MAP framework in an attempt to further close the metering gap in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI),”it said.

The report further that Ikeja metered 147,604 customers representing 25.22 per cent, Ibadan metered 125,752 representing 21.49 per cent Abuja metered 103,200 representing 17.63 per cent.

The NERC said that Enugu metered 73,256 representing 12.52 and Port Harcourt DisCo metered 48,989 representing 8.37 per cent.

It said that the DisCos that have completed their metre installations under the NMMP framework, recorded the highest number of meters installed under the MAP framework in 2023.

The report listed the DisCos to include Kaduna 9,887 which is 1.69 per cent , Yola 2,681 which is 0.46 per cent , and Kano 2,056 which is 0.35 per cent recorded the lowest meter installations under the MAP in 2023.

“A total of 6,912 meters were installed under the Vendor Finance metering framework in 2023.

“Only three DisCos; Benin 2,849, Ikeja 2,109, and Abuja 1,954 installed meters under the vendor-financed metering framework in 2023.

“A total of 53 customers were metered under the DisCo Financed framework by Kaduna DisCo in 2023.