Electricity: NERC clamps down on DisCos, orders revenue diversion to network upgrades

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has issued a revised bid directing energy Distribution Companies, DisCos, to dedicate a information of their earned operating gross to captious web betterment projects.

The Commission said the directive was aimed astatine accelerating web upgrades, improving energy proviso reliability and ensuring that disposable revenues were invested successful captious infrastructure.

NERC announced the revised Order connected the utilisation of earned Non-Administrative Operating Expenditure, Non-Admin OpEx, by successor DisCos successful a connection issued on Wednesday.

The Order, which took effect from September 4, 2026, followed a regulatory reappraisal of the DisCos’ gross utilisation during the 2025 marketplace cycle.

Under the caller directive, each DisCos are required to found and support dedicated Capital Expenditure, CapEx, Provision Accounts to money approved web betterment projects.

NERC said a information of the earned Non-Admin OpEx would beryllium earmarked for web rehabilitation, reinforcement and expansion, with the magnitude determined by the indebtedness illustration of each organisation company.

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