BEDC Tariff Bands 2026: What Benin Electricity Costs Per Unit in Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti

Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) supplies light to four states: Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti. That covers Benin City, Warri, Asaba, Akure and Ado-Ekiti. If you live in any of them, the rate on your bill comes from the same national system as Lagos or Abuja. But the numbers aren't the same.

On two of the five bands, BEDC customers pay the highest price per unit in the country.

The short answer

Band A is ₦209.50 per unit (kWh). That's the same for all 11 NERC-regulated DisCos, and it hasn't changed since July 2024.
BEDC's other bands: Band B ₦68.56, Band C ₦56.91, Band D ₦41.20, Band E ₦41.21. These haven't changed since December 2022.
BEDC's Band C and Band E are the most expensive in Nigeria among the 11 NERC-regulated DisCos. Its Band B and Band D are the second most expensive.
If you use 50 units or less in a whole month, you pay ₦4 per unit on all of it, whatever your band. This is the "lifeline" rate.
On a 200-unit month on Band C, a BEDC customer pays ₦11,382. An Ikeja Electric customer pays ₦9,160 for the same 200 units on the same band. That's ₦2,222 more every month.

These rates are from NERC's own tariff orders for BEDC, published on nerc.gov.ng. They're the same rates our electricity calculator uses.

The full BEDC band table

Band	Hours of light you should get	BEDC rate (₦ per unit)
A	20 hours or more a day	209.50
B	16–20 hours a day	68.56
C	12–16 hours a day	56.91
D	8–12 hours a day	41.20
E	4–8 hours a day	41.21

One thing looks odd. Band E is listed at ₦41.21, one kobo more than Band D at ₦41.20, even though Band E promises fewer hours of light. In practice, they're the same price. On a 200-unit month, the difference is two naira.

What a ₦10,000 recharge buys on BEDC

If you have a prepaid meter, this is probably the number you care about most:

Band A: ₦10,000 ÷ ₦209.50 = about 47.7 units
Band B: ₦10,000 ÷ ₦68.56 = about 145.9 units
Band C: ₦10,000 ÷ ₦56.91 = about 175.7 units
Band D: ₦10,000 ÷ ₦41.20 = about 242.7 units
Band E: ₦10,000 ÷ ₦41.21 = about 242.7 units

The same ₦10,000 buys about five times as much light on Band D as on Band A. That's how the band system works: you pay for how many hours of light your area is promised, not just the units you use.

A common mix-up about the ₦4 rate. The lifeline rate depends on how much you use in the whole month, not on the size of one recharge. Buying a small ₦500 top-up doesn't put you on ₦4 per unit. Only a household that uses 50 units or less across the month pays the lifeline rate. For 40 units, that's ₦160 for the month. For most homes, 50 units is roughly a fridge and a few bulbs.

How BEDC compares with the rest of Nigeria

Band A is the same everywhere, so people assume electricity costs the same everywhere. It doesn't. Here's the cost of the same 200 units a month with six of the big DisCos:

DisCo	Band B	Band C	Band E
BEDC (Benin)	₦13,712	₦11,382	₦8,242
PHED (Port Harcourt)	₦13,792	₦11,276	₦7,888
IBEDC (Ibadan)	₦13,450	₦11,280	₦6,452
AEDC (Abuja)	₦12,670	₦10,358	₦6,790
EKEDC (Eko, Lagos)	₦12,200	₦9,706	₦6,488
IKEDC (Ikeja, Lagos)	₦12,496	₦9,160	₦6,248

On Band C, BEDC is the dearest DisCo in the country. It's only ₦106 a month above PHED and ₦102 above IBEDC, but it's ₦1,024 above AEDC and ₦2,222 above Ikeja Electric. Over a year, a BEDC Band C household pays about ₦26,664 more than an Ikeja Electric household on the same band, for the same units.

On Band E, the gap is wider in percentage terms. BEDC's ₦41.21 is the highest Band E rate of any NERC-regulated DisCo. A 200-unit month costs ₦8,242 against ₦6,248 with Ikeja Electric, which is ₦1,994 more a month, or about ₦23,928 a year. These are households on the fewest hours of light.

PHED edges BEDC on Band B, by ₦80 on a 200-unit month. On Band D, only Yola Electricity (YEDC, ₦50.01) charges more than BEDC.

Work out your BEDC bill, or check what your recharge buys →

Why your rate hasn't changed even when NERC publishes a new order

NERC publishes new tariff orders for each DisCo regularly. Most of them don't change what you pay. They adjust the money that moves between the DisCo and the federal government, not the price per unit on your meter.

The prices customers actually pay have stayed put for a while: Band A at ₦209.50 since July 2024, and BEDC's Bands B to E since December 2022. If BEDC hasn't told you directly that your rate has changed, assume it's the figure in the table above.

If you think you're on the wrong band

You don't choose your band. It depends on the feeder that supplies your street, and it's printed on your bill or recharge receipt.

What you can check is whether you're actually getting the hours of light your band promises. NERC's rules say DisCos must move customers to a lower band if their area doesn't get the hours it's billed for. A Band A customer who really gets Band C hours is paying ₦209.50 a unit instead of ₦56.91, which is almost four times as much.

If that sounds like your street:

Keep a written log of the hours of light you get each day for a few weeks. It's the only evidence you'll have.
Report it to BEDC through its customer care channels, and keep the complaint reference number.
If BEDC doesn't resolve it, you can escalate to NERC's customer complaints process.

Tariff figures are from NERC's published Multi-Year Tariff Orders for BEDC and the other NERC-regulated DisCos, as recorded in our electricity calculator. The rates were last read from NERC's orders in July 2026, and this article was checked in October 2026. Band A has been ₦209.50 per unit since July 2024 and BEDC's Bands B–E have not changed since December 2022. Tariffs are set by regulatory order and can change, so check your own bill or receipt if a figure here looks out of date. Bill figures are units multiplied by the band rate and leave out any other charges that may appear on your bill. This article is general information, not financial advice.