Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- The latest commercial performance report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that Nigeria's electricity distribution companies billed N250.79 billion for electricity in July 2026 but collected only N205.53 billion.

This was made known in the commission's July 2026 factsheet published on Thursday. The fact sheet, reviewed by this newspaper, showed that the 11 DisCos received energy valued at N333.94 billion, meaning that only 75.10 per cent of the energy received was billed to customers.

NERC said billing efficiency declined by 1.14 percentage points from the previous month.

Despite the decline in billing efficiency, the report indicated that the DisCos recorded an improvement in re...