Electricity Distribution Companies in Nigeria (DISCO) have posted impressive performance results, The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated.
In its Q4, 2025 results, NBS said the Discos’ performance remained impressive, both in terms of power output and revenue taking.
Revenue collection for example, rose to N630.93 billion in Q4, 2025, up from N570.26 billion in Q3 2025, a 23.75 per cent, increase from N509.84 billion recorded in Q4 2024.
This is even as the number of estimated customers stood at 5.20 million in Q4 2025, representing a 3.20 per cent decline from 5.37 million in Q3 2025.
However, estimated customers decreased by 26.67 per cent, from 7.09 million recorded in Q4 2024.on a year-on-year basis,
According to the report, the total number of customers in Q4 2025 stood at 12.16 million, up from 12.03 million in Q3 2025, representing a 1.11 per cent quarter-on-quarter increase.
On a year-on-year basis, the number of customers declined by 8.52 per cent, from 13.30 million recorded in Q4 2024.
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Similarly, the report revealed that the number of metered customers reached 6.97 million in Q4 2025, representing a 4.58 per cent increase from 6.66 million recorded in the preceding quarter.
On a year-on-year basis, metered customers increased by 12.18 per cent, from 6.21 million recorded in Q4 2024.
In addition, the number of estimated customers stood at 5.20 million in Q4 2025, representing a 3.20 per cent decline from 5.37 million in Q3 2025.
On a year-on-year basis, estimated customers decreased by 26.67 per cent, from 7.09 million recorded in Q4 2024.
The impressive performance results extended to the area of energy supply as according to the data, electricity supplied to customers during Q4 2025 was 6,627.56 gigawatt-hours (GWh), compared with 6,158.52 GWh in the preceding quarter, representing a quarter-on-quarter increase of 7.62 per cent.
On a year-on-year basis, the electricity distribution companies also performed impressively as electricity supply increased by 6.76 per cent, from 6,207.85 GWh recorded in Q4 2024.
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