KEDCO Tariff Bands 2026: What Kano Electricity Costs Per Unit in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa

Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) supplies light to three states: Kano, Katsina and Jigawa. That covers Kano city, Katsina, Dutse, Hadejia and the towns in between. The rate on your bill comes from the same national system as Lagos or Abuja, but the numbers are not the same everywhere, and on most bands they work in KEDCO customers' favour.

The short answer

Band A is ₦209.50 per unit (kWh). That is the same for all 11 NERC-regulated DisCos, and it hasn't changed since July 2024.
KEDCO's other bands: Band B ₦65.29, Band C ₦47.57, Band D ₦32.02, Band E ₦31.88. These haven't changed since December 2022.
On Bands C, D and E, KEDCO is the second-cheapest DisCo in Nigeria. Only Ikeja Electric in Lagos charges less. KEDCO is cheaper than every other northern DisCo on those bands.
Band B is the exception. At ₦65.29, KEDCO sits seventh of 11, in the middle of the pack.
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 KEDCO customer pays ₦9,514. A Benin (BEDC) customer pays ₦11,382 for the same 200 units on the same band, which is ₦1,868 more.

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

The full KEDCO band table

Band	Hours of light you should get	KEDCO rate (₦ per unit)
A	20 hours or more a day	209.50
B	16–20 hours a day	65.29
C	12–16 hours a day	47.57
D	8–12 hours a day	32.02
E	4–8 hours a day	31.88

The jump from Band B to Band A is the big one. Band A costs more than three times as much per unit as Band B, for a promise of a few more hours of light a day.

What a ₦10,000 recharge buys on KEDCO

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 ÷ ₦65.29 = about 153.2 units
Band C: ₦10,000 ÷ ₦47.57 = about 210.2 units
Band D: ₦10,000 ÷ ₦32.02 = about 312.3 units
Band E: ₦10,000 ÷ ₦31.88 = about 313.7 units

The same ₦10,000 buys about six and a half times as much light on Band D as on Band A. That is 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 KEDCO 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 across KEDCO, its northern neighbours, and some of the big southern DisCos:

DisCo	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E
KEDCO (Kano)	₦13,058	₦9,514	₦6,404	₦6,376
KAEDC (Kaduna)	₦12,526	₦10,224	₦7,082	₦7,082
JED (Jos)	₦12,652	₦10,566	₦8,024	₦7,980
AEDC (Abuja)	₦12,670	₦10,358	₦6,790	₦6,790
IKEDC (Ikeja, Lagos)	₦12,496	₦9,160	₦6,248	₦6,248
BEDC (Benin)	₦13,712	₦11,382	₦8,240	₦8,242
PHED (Port Harcourt)	₦13,792	₦11,276	₦7,934	₦7,888

On Band C, a KEDCO household pays ₦710 a month less than a Kaduna Electric household and ₦1,052 less than one in Jos, for the same 200 units. Against BEDC, the gap is ₦1,868 a month, or about ₦22,416 a year.

On Band D, KEDCO's ₦32.02 is ₦3.39 a unit below Kaduna Electric's ₦35.41 and ₦8.10 below Jos's ₦40.12. On 200 units, that's ₦678 and ₦1,620 a month.

On Band B, the picture flips. Kaduna, Jos, Abuja and both Lagos DisCos all charge less per unit than KEDCO. A KEDCO Band B household pays ₦532 a month more than a Kaduna Electric household on 200 units.

Work out your KEDCO 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 KEDCO's Bands B to E since December 2022. If KEDCO 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 ₦47.57, which is more than 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 KEDCO through its customer care channels, and keep the complaint reference number.
If KEDCO 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 KEDCO 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 November 2026. Band A has been ₦209.50 per unit since July 2024 and KEDCO'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.