Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- Nigeria's electricity metering rate rose marginally to 63.1 per cent in August 2026 from 62.4 per cent in the preceding month, helping reduce customers without meters to 4.7 million, according to metering factsheet data published by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday.

Metered customers in Nigeria rose from 7,903,819 in July to 8,045,565 in August, a 1.8 per cent increase, the data showed.

However, newly metered customers declined during the period, falling from 159,980 in July to 141,746 in August.

The figures indicate that although metered customers continued to grow, the pace of new installations slowed in August.

The data implies the total number of active electricity customers in...