ISLAMABAD: Power Minister Sardar Awais Leghari on Monday announced a significant cut in wheeling charges to promote a competitive electricity market, while warning that including two stalled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) hydropower projects in the national capacity plan could raise the base tariff by Rs6 per unit by 2034.

Testifying before the Senate Standing Committee on Power, chaired by Senator Mohsin Aziz, the minister said wheeling charges had been reduced by over 55pc — from Rs27 to Rs12 per unit — following cabinet approval. The revised rates are now with Nepra for final clearance.

The committee discussed the exclusion of the 207MW Madyan and 88MW Gabral hydropower projects from the Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP). KP’s Special Assistant on Energy, Tariq Sadozai, said land worth Rs5bn had been acquired........

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