Consumers to bear Rs23bn extra burden

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday notified about Rs23 billion in additional burden on electricity consumers by allowing Rs1.63 per unit higher fuel costs in March and about 35 paise per unit other charges for the next three months.

As such, consumers will bear an additional burden of about Rs1.98 per unit in higher tariffs in March. The impact of the fuel cost adjustment (FCA) alone for March works out at around Rs14bn, while Rs8.7bn under the quarterly tariff adjustment (QTA) will be recovered over three months.

In a late-night notification, Nepra said it “has decided that positive fuel cost adjustment for January 2026, i.e. Rs1.6274/kWh… shall be applicable to all the consumer categories of KE (K-Electric) and XWDISCOs (power distribution companies previously part of Wapda) except lifeline consumers, electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) and prepaid electricity consumers of all categories who opted for pre-paid tariff”.

The regulator, which has lately started issuing its decisions and notifications late at night, said........

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