11 electrical energy distribution corporations in Nigeria and their service states

The Nigerian authorities privatised the electricity sector in November 2013. The sector is split into era, transmission, and distribution.

Technology corporations (GenCos) and distribution corporations (DisCos) at the moment are non-public entities. The federal government nonetheless owns the transmission firm.

Nigeria has a number of energy crops related to the national grid and 11 distribution corporations delivering electrical energy to houses nationwide.

Whereas different states have one DisCo every, Lagos has two corporations distributing electrical energy within the state alone.

Listed here are the DisCos beneath and the states they coated.

Benin (BEDC)
Delta
Edo
Ekiti
Ondo

Kaduna (KDEDC)
Kaduna
Kebbi
Sokoto
Zamfara

Kano (KEDC)
Kano
Katsina
Jigawa

Yola (YEDC)
Adamawa
Borno
Taraba
Yobe

Jos (JEDC)
Bauchi
Benue
Gombe
Plateau

Abuja (AEDC)
FCT
Kogi
Nasarawa
Niger

Ibadan (IBEDC)
Kwara
Ogun
Osun
Oyo

Ikeja (IEDC)
Lagos

Eko (EKEDC)
Lagos

Port Harcourt (PEDC)
Akwa Ibom
Bayelsa
Cross River
Rivers

Enugu (EEDC)
Abia
Anambra
Ebonyi
Enugu
Imo