DisCos collect N603.64bn in Q2 2026 as electricity losses hit 36% – NERC

Nigeria’s energy organisation companies, DisCos, collected a full of ₦603.64 cardinal successful gross successful the 2nd 4th of 2026.

This comes arsenic the mean Aggregate Technical, Commercial and Collection, ATC&C losses recorded by DisCos stood astatine 36 per cent successful Q2 2026, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.

The figures were contained successful NERC’s Q2 2026 operational and commercialized show report, released connected Wednesday, which reviewed cardinal developments crossed the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI.

The study showed that DisCos billed customers N744.67 cardinal for energy supplied during the quarter, representing a billing ratio of 79 per cent. However, the companies collected N603.64 billion, translating to a postulation ratio of 81 per cent.

Despite the gross collected, the mean existent ATC&C nonaccomplishment crossed the organisation companies stood astatine 36 per cent, importantly supra the mean allowed people of 16.92 per cent.

DAILY POST reports that ATC&C losses measurement the combined interaction of method losses, commercialized losses and gross postulation inefficiencies successful the energy dis...