The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says Electricity Distribution Companies installed 228,614 meters in the third quarter of 2025. The commission said this in its third quarter report posted on its website in Abuja on Tuesday. The report said that the figure represented an increase of 0.73 per cent compared to the 226,959 meters installed in the second quarter of 2025.

According to the report, during the quarter under review, 176,302 meters, representing 77.12 per cent of the total installations, were installed under the Meter Assert Provider framework.It added that 44,104 meters representing 25.01 per cent of the installation were installed under the Vendor Financed framework, while 7,902 meters representing 3.46 per cent were installed under the Distribution Sector Recovery Programme.

The report further said that 175 meters, representing 0.08 per cent, were installed under the Meter Acquisition Fund framework, and 131 meters, representing 0.06 per cent, were installed under the DisCo Financed framework.To safeguard customers against exploitation due to the lack of meters, the commission said it has continued to issue monthly energy caps for all feeders in each DisCo.

The report added that this sets the maximum amount of energy that may be billed to an unmetered customer for the respective month based on gross energy received by the DisCo and consumption by metered customers on their respective feeders.