{
  "id": 17731106,
  "title": "NERC: Discos Collected N220.93bn Revenue in August, Billing Efficiency Rose to 75.36%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/nerc-discos-collected-n220-93bn-revenue-in-august-billing-efficiency",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T02:12:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/02/nerc-discos-collected-n220-93bn-revenue-in-august-billing-efficiency-rose-to-75-36/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nigeria’s 11 Distribution Companies (Discos) collected N220.93 billion in revenue during August 2026, marking a 7.49 percent increase from the previous month, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Their collection efficiency rose to 84.62 percent. Abuja, Eko, and Ikeja demonstrated strong performance, while Kaduna, Jos, and Kano continued to struggle. Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) led with a collection efficiency of 91.91 percent, collecting N37.57 billion out of N40.88 billion billed. In contrast, Kaduna Electric had the weakest performance at 55.44 percent, collecting N5.57 billion from N10.05 billion billed. The overall billing efficiency was 75.36 percent, with a significant gap of N85.39 billion between the value of energy received and the amount billed.",
  "summary": "Abuja, Eko lead collection efficiency as Kaduna, Jos struggleDiscos recover 77.63% of allowed revenue per kilowatt-hour Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria’s electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) collected N220.93 billion from customers",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}