- Power prices can drop to RS2, providing relief to RS400B.
- Energy purchase price provided to fall to approximately RS24.75 / unit.
- The roupine is expected to be around 300 / dollars on average next year.
Islamabad: While demand covers and projections of energy costs decrease, the Pakistan electricity guard dog could reduce the basic energy prices by more than RS2 per unit during the coming fiscal year from July 2025, offering consumers a relief that can reach 400 billion rupees, regulators announced on Thursday.
In a public hearing chaired by the president of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), Waseem Mukhtar, the regulatory authority examined the projections of the energy division in 2025-2026, which predict that the current price of RS27, a power unit, will fall as low as RS24.75 A unit of RS27, A unit of unit power, an RS24.75 A unit, The news reported.
The Ministry of Energy provides that this reduction – driven by the softer prices of fuel and improving operational efficiency – could trigger an increase of 2.8% to 5% of energy consumption.
At the heart of the case are hypotheses linked to the world prices of raw materials, inflation and depreciation of money. The government provides that the average cost of consumers per unit can slide at RS6.8-RS8,1, even if total fuel costs could increase to Rs1,28 Billions as a function of macroeconomic variables.
The roupine is expected to be around 300 for the US dollar on average next year. Officials have forced that ARIL saw a sharp increase in demand by 28%, awarded to recent prices discounts that have attracted industries to the grid.
“If the prices remain low and stable, demand will continue to climb,” they said, pointing to the growth projection of gross domestic product (GDP) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for 2026.