Islamabad: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) informed RS 2.98 reimbursement on Thursday per unit to electric consumers K by virtue of the provisional adjustment of monthly fuel loads (FCA), relieving energy users before the Eid festival.
The Power Regulatory Authority said in its notification that the reimbursement was decided due to the variation in fuel costs for March 2025 in the approved price of the electricity company and to adopt consumers during the invoicing month of June 2025.
The decision would bring 4 billion rupees in repair to KE consumers.
In accordance with the directives of NEPRA, the notification applies to all categories of consumers, with the exception of life consumers, domestic protected consumers, electric vehicle load stations (EVC) and prepaid electricity consumers of all categories that have opted for the prepaid rate.
He also ordered the KE to show the adjustment separately in consumer invoices on the basis of the units invoiced to users, in the respective month to which the adjustment relates.
In addition, NEPRA has also informed to increase the prices of electricity to RE0.93 per unit under the FCA for April for consumers of other discos across the country.
According to the notification, this increase has been decided as a national uniform FCA in the approved rate of ex-wapda distribution companies.
He ordered the nightclubs to reflect the adjustment of the fuel with regard to April 2025 during the month of invoicing in June and to show figures separately in consumer invoices.
This decision would impose a financial burden of a value of RS11 billion on consumers.
Earlier in the day, it appeared that the government decided to introduce radical energy reforms which include the supply of 7,000 megawatts of electricity in agriculture and industry at competitive rates.
Leghari confirmed that negotiations with the IMF have been underway for six months to obtain the approval of the plan to sell a surplus electricity.
The government is currently sitting on a surplus of power of 7,000 MW, which it intends to sell to agricultural and industrial sectors at a flat rate of 7 to 7.5 cents per unit – without subsidies.
With the current administration retaining the net measurement for solar energy users, it plans to introduce a more transparent net invoicing system.