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Two Band A feeders operated by Eko Power recorded zero hours of electricity supply in August, while four feeders under IE Energy Lagos also recorded zero supply.
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Eko Power’s Band A feeders averaged 21.9 hours of daily supply, compared with 21.3 hours for IE Energy Lagos, despite several feeders falling short of the service target.
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Eko Power recorded 3,145 load-shedding incidents, while IE Energy Lagos recorded 4,096, according to LASERC’s August factsheets.
October 09, (THEWILL) – Electricity customers in Lagos experienced varying levels of power supply in August, as several Band A feeders failed to meet minimum service requirements, with some recording zero hours of electricity supply, according to data from the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC).
The commission’s August 2026 factsheets showed that Eko Power Limited had 201 compliant and 46 non-compliant feeders out of its 247 Band A feeders. IE Energy Lagos Limited, operated by Ikeja Electric, recorded 113 compliant and 52 non-compliant feeders out of 165.
Two Eko Power Band A feeders, Akangba Ts_Nrc_Print Serve and Akoka Ts_Akoka Local T3a_Akoka_Unilag 1, recorded zero hours of electricity supply during the month.
For IE Energy Lagos, 11-OgbaINJ-T1-Isokoko and three other Band A feeders also recorded zero hours of supply, bringing the total number of affected feeders across the two operators to six.
Band A Supply Varies Across Feeders
While some Band A feeders recorded no electricity supply, others averaged close to 24 hours daily.
Blue Rail Line was Eko Power’s best-performing feeder, averaging 23.9 hours of electricity supply daily and maintaining full compliance throughout August.
The company’s top 10 Band A feeders averaged 23.9 hours of supply, while its bottom 10 averaged 13.1 hours. Across all its Band A feeders, Eko Power recorded an average of 21.9 hours daily.
For IE Energy Lagos, 132-EgbinTCN-MARYLAND-OMNIK was the best-performing feeder, averaging 24 hours of electricity supply daily. Its top 10 Band A feeders averaged 23.7 hours, compared with 12 hours for its bottom 10. The company’s overall Band A average was 21.3 hours.
The figures show differences in average supply between the highest- and lowest-performing feeders within the same service category.
Average supply hours were lower across Bands B, C, D and E for both operators.
Eko Power’s Band B feeders averaged 16.2 hours of electricity supply daily, while Bands C, D and E recorded averages of 12.6, 10.1 and 8.3 hours, respectively.
For IE Energy Lagos, Band B feeders averaged 15.3 hours daily. Bands C, D and E recorded averages of 12.3, 9.2 and 7.8 hours, respectively.
The compliance figures also showed that several feeders in the lower service bands did not meet their applicable requirements.
Eko Power recorded 36 compliant and 64 non-compliant feeders in Band B; 13 compliant and 29 non-compliant in Band C; six compliant and 10 non-compliant in Band D; and five compliant and 11 non-compliant in Band E.
IE Energy Lagos had 26 compliant and 53 non-compliant feeders in Band B; 20 compliant and 53 non-compliant in Band C; 19 compliant and 20 non-compliant in Band D; and two compliant and four non-compliant in Band E.
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Metering, Faults And Outages Across Operators
The factsheets also detailed the companies’ metering coverage, technical performance, outages and customer interruptions in August.
Eko Power had 841,681 customers, of whom 590,256 were metered, representing a metering rate of 70 percent. The company metered an additional 1,979 customers during the month.
IE Energy Lagos had 1,120,107 customers, with 955,857 metered, giving it a metering rate of 85 percent. It newly metered 270 customers in August.
The data showed that Eko Power’s metering rate increased from 69 percent in July to 70 percent in August, while IE Energy Lagos’s rate declined from 86 percent to 85 percent.
On technical performance, Eko Power recorded 833 faults on 33kV feeders and 1,483 faults on 11kV feeders. It cleared 539 faults on 33kV feeders and 1,022 on 11kV feeders within six hours.
IE Energy Lagos recorded 343 faults on 33kV feeders and 316 on 11kV feeders. It cleared 170 of the 33kV faults and 146 of the 11kV faults within six hours.
Eko Power recorded 2,052 planned outages, 2,316 unplanned outages, 56 transmission-related outages and 3,145 load-shedding incidents in August.
IE Energy Lagos recorded 59 planned outages, 46 unplanned outages, 1,539 transmission-related outages and 4,096 load-shedding incidents during the same period.
The factsheets also reported different numbers of customer interruptions for the two operators. Eko Power recorded 7,583 interruptions affecting 802,907 customers, while IE Energy Lagos recorded 2,583 interruptions affecting 5,217 customers.
The August factsheets cover minimum service-level compliance, feeder performance rankings, metering status, and technical performance for Eko Power Limited and IE Energy Lagos Limited.
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