NEPRA jacks up power tariff by Rs2.52 per unit

Islamabad: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Tuesday increased electricity rates by Rs2.52 per unit as part of September fuel adjustment bills. 

In this regard, a notification has been issued by the NEPRA, according to which “the FCA for September 2021 will be charged with the bill of November 2021, which will be paid by all consumer categories of distribution companies, except for the lifeline consumers of all the XWDISCOs”.

“The adjustment shall be shown separately in the consumers’ bills on the basis of units billed to the consumers in the month of September 2021 by the XWDISCOs.

“XWDISCOs shall reflect the fuel charges adjustment in respect of September 2021 in the billing month of November 2021,” it added.

The notification reveals that the Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guarantee (CPPA-G) had requested a positive FCA of Rs2.65 per unit.

Following the surge, the average price of electricity has increased from Rs18.16 to Rs20.68 per unit.

The decision to increase power tariff will impose an additional burden of additional billions of rupees consumers. 

However, the decision will not apply to lifeline power consumers who use more than 300 units a month and K-Electric customers.

In October, NEPRA notified Rs1.95 per unit rise in the power tariff over CPPA's request of an increase of Rs2.7.

On September 10, NEPRA increased electricity prices by Rs 1.37 in the context of fuel price adjustment.