Estimated Billing: FG Installs 668,000 Meters Nationwide

Estimated Billing: FG Installs 668,000 Meters Nationwide
The figure represents about 60 per cent of the 1,033,000 meters delivered under the programme
17 States Establish Electricity Regulatory Commissions

The Federal Government has announced that 668,000 electricity meters have so far been installed on customers’ premises across Nigeria under Phase One of the World Bank financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP).

Eko Hot Blo reports that the figure represents about 60 per cent of the 1,033,000 meters delivered under the programme as the government intensifies efforts to reduce estimated billing and bridge the country’s electricity metering gap.

The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists after the second 2026 meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Gbeleyi said the government had continued to monitor the deployment of the meters as part of efforts to ensure electricity consumers are accurately billed for the power they use.

“On various issues, we provided updates on meter deployment under Phase 1 of the World Bank financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme. We have implemented 60 percent of the meters that have been delivered in the country out of 1,033,000. So far, we have deployed and installed 668,000 meters on customers’ premises,” he said.

The metering drive is also being supported by initiatives including the Presidential Metering Initiative and coordination by the BPE, with the government seeking to eliminate arbitrary estimated billing for registered electricity customers.

Estimated Billing: FG Installs 668,000 Meters Nationwide — Prepaid Meters

17 States Establish Electricity Regulatory Commissions

Gbeleyi also disclosed that about 17 states had established their own electricity regulatory commissions since April 2024 following the implementation of the Electricity Act.

Akwa Ibom State became the latest state to establish its electricity regulatory commission in July.

He, however, said some adjustments were still required to ensure the effective implementation of the legislation.

“Some fine tuning is required here and there in the implementation of that Act,” Gbeleyi said.

According to him, the NCP has directed relevant stakeholders to work on proposed amendments to the Electricity Act.

He said the Attorney General of the Federation, Minister of Power, Special Adviser on Power, Special Adviser to the President on Oil and Gas, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), BPE and other stakeholders would work together to harmonise the Federal Government’s position on the proposed amendments.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Power, Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, said the government was working collaboratively to ensure Nigerians derive greater value from electricity and other critical sectors of the economy.

“We are working concertedly and in a very collaborative manner to ensure that we give value, either in electricity or in telecoms, whichever area, to make sure that Nigerians benefit from this government,” Tegbe said.