Recharge your prepaid meter
Open the Carder app, tap Electricity, pick your DisCo, choose Prepaid, enter your meter number and the amount, then tap Pay electricity bill and enter your PIN. Your 20-digit token shows on the screen and on your receipt. Type it on your meter's keypad and press Enter.
Updated 1 November 2026
How it works
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On the home screen, tap Electricity.
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Tap the company at the top and pick your DisCo, for example Ikeja Electric or Abuja Electric (AEDC). Not sure which one? Pick your state below.
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Under Select meter type, pick Prepaid.
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Type your Meter number. The app checks it and shows the name on the meter, so you can see it is yours before you pay.
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Enter the Amount, tap Pay electricity bill and enter your transaction PIN.
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Your 20-digit token shows on the screen. You can open it again any time with View receipt.
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On your meter's keypad, type all 20 digits and press Enter. The units load on the meter.
Find your electricity company
Carder sells tokens for all 12 DisCos. Pick your state to see which one to choose in the app.
Near a state border? The company name on an old token receipt or your meter card is always right.
Every state and its DisCo
| State | Electricity company |
|---|---|
| Abia | Enugu Electric (EEDC) or Aba Power |
| Abuja (FCT) | Abuja Electric (AEDC) |
| Adamawa | Yola Electric (YEDC) |
| Akwa Ibom | Port Harcourt Electric (PHED) |
| Anambra | Enugu Electric (EEDC) |
| Bauchi | Jos Electric (JED) |
| Bayelsa | Port Harcourt Electric (PHED) |
| Benue | Jos Electric (JED) |
| Borno | Yola Electric (YEDC) |
| Cross River | Port Harcourt Electric (PHED) |
| Delta | Benin Electricity (BEDC) |
| Ebonyi | Enugu Electric (EEDC) |
| Edo | Benin Electricity (BEDC) |
| Ekiti | Benin Electricity (BEDC) |
| Enugu | Enugu Electric (EEDC) |
| Gombe | Jos Electric (JED) |
| Imo | Enugu Electric (EEDC) |
| Jigawa | Kano Electric (KEDCO) |
| Kaduna | Kaduna Electric |
| Kano | Kano Electric (KEDCO) |
| Katsina | Kano Electric (KEDCO) |
| Kebbi | Kaduna Electric |
| Kogi | Abuja Electric (AEDC) |
| Kwara | Ibadan Electric (IBEDC) |
| Lagos | Ikeja Electric or Eko Electricity (EKEDC) |
| Nasarawa | Abuja Electric (AEDC) |
| Niger | Abuja Electric (AEDC) |
| Ogun | Ibadan Electric (IBEDC) |
| Ondo | Benin Electricity (BEDC) |
| Osun | Ibadan Electric (IBEDC) |
| Oyo | Ibadan Electric (IBEDC) |
| Plateau | Jos Electric (JED) |
| Rivers | Port Harcourt Electric (PHED) |
| Sokoto | Kaduna Electric |
| Taraba | Yola Electric (YEDC) |
| Yobe | Yola Electric (YEDC) |
| Zamfara | Kaduna Electric |
Loading the token on your meter
Keypad meter
Type the 20 digits on the meter's keypad and press Enter. Mojec, Hexing, Hexcell and most other keypad meters take the token the same way.
Meter with an indoor unit (CIU)
If your meter is outside or on a pole, it comes with a small indoor unit with a keypad. Type the token on that unit.
The meter says Reject or Error
Check the 20 digits and type them again slowly. A token only works on the meter it was bought for, so check the meter number and the name before you pay.
Postpaid meter
Pick Postpaid as the meter type and pay the same way. Postpaid has no token: the payment goes to your account with your DisCo.