Electricity Commission Gives Reasons For Fall In Power Generation

The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given reasons why the country experienced a fall in power generation in the last quarter of 2025.

This happened despite the fact that the country amidst 28 grid-connected power plants consisting of five 5 hydro, 2 steam, 19 Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT), and 2  Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plants.

These are contained the commission’s third quarter report for last year.

It said during the quarter, the average available generation capacity of the grid-connected power plants was 5,430.34MW, representing a 34.62MW (+0.64%) increase compared to the 5,395.72MW recorded in 2025/Q2 .

Ten (10) power plants recorded increases in available power generation capacities in 2025/Q3 relative to 2025/Q2.

NERC said in the report that the average hourly generation of the grid-connected power plants decreased by 321.91MWh/h (-7.15%) from 4,501.06MWh/h in 2025/Q2.

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Also, the total electricity generated in the quarter also decreased by 602.74GWh (-6.13%)2 from 9,830.31GWh in 2025/Q2

It stated however that the decrease in power generation during the quarter can be attributed to the decrease in

Energy offtake by the grid-connected customers (including DisCos) compared to 2025/Q2.

A total of 228,614 electricity meters were installed across the country within the same period, indicating a rise in meter deployment, with the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) framework remaining the dominant avenue for Nigerians to access meter.

It was responsible for 176,302 installations, or 77.12% of the total meters installed nationwide during the quarter, compared to the Vendor Financed framework, which accounted for 44,104 meters, representing 25.01% of total installations.

NERC stated that 6,661,564 customers out of a total 12,030,315 active registered customers in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) had been metered end of last September, representing a metering rate of 55.37%.

“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,” the commission stated.