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Express Tribune
4 days ago
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- Express Tribune
NEPRA likely to cut power tariff by Rs0.65/unit for June
Listen to article Consumers are likely to receive relief in their electricity bills through a fuel charges adjustment for June 2025. This is due to a drop in energy prices used for power generation. NEPRA may reduce the power tariff by Rs0.6541 per kWh under the monthly FCA. It has scheduled a public hearing on July 30, 2025, regarding the proposed FCA for XWDISCOs. According to the CPPA-G, NEPRA has been requested to approve a reduction of Rs0.6541/kWh in fuel charges. The reference fuel cost was Rs8.3341/kWh, but actual costs came in lower due to cheaper fuel inputs. In June 2025, 13,744 GWh of electricity was generated. Hydropower led the mix with a 39.36% share, followed by RLNG (16.12%), local coal (10.99%), imported coal (10.16%), and nuclear (10.06%). The highest-cost power source remained imports from Iran at Rs22.5155/kWh. After transmission losses of 2.97% and adjustments, 13,310 GWh were delivered to DISCOs at an average cost of Rs7.6800/kWh.
Express Tribune
07-03-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
NEPRA directs power tariff cut nationwide
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday directed ex-Wapda distribution companies (XWDISCOs) and K-Electric (KE) to reduce the power tariff by up to Rs3 per unit for consumers. The power regulator issued decisions based on the monthly fuel charges adjustments (FCA) for December 2024 in respect of KE and January 2025 for XWDISCOs. The power regulator directed XWDISCOs to reduce the tariff by up to Rs2.124 per unit and KE by up to Rs3 per unit for Karachi consumers in their March 2025 electricity bills. It is to be noted that in their petitions, KE suggested that it was ready to refund Rs4.95 per unit, while XWDISCOs were willing to return Rs2.0 per unit to their consumers. These decisions shall apply to all consumer categories except lifeline consumers, domestic protected consumers, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS), and prepaid electricity consumers of all categories who have opted for the prepaid tariff. The regulator also clarified that if any March 2025 bills are issued before the notification of this decision, the adjustment may be applied in the subsequent month. Rafique Shaikh, a member of the authority, handwrote a note on the decision, stating, "I am of the considered opinion that the impact of yet another violation of the Economic Merit Order (EMO) should not be passed on to consumers (i.e. around Rs1.5 billion)." In the case of DISCOs other than KE, the power regulator noted that after the recent tariff rebasing and the re-targeting of power subsidiesresulting in the creation of a protected tariff categorythe subsidy for non-protected residential and agricultural consumers has been significantly reduced. In light of this, and considering the submissions of the Ministry of Energy, Nepra has decided to pass on the negative FCA to all non-protected residential and agricultural consumers.
